Apocalipsis 12
Reina-Valera 1995
La mujer y el dragón
12 Apareció en el cielo una gran señal: una mujer vestida del sol, con la luna debajo de sus pies y sobre su cabeza una corona de doce estrellas. 2 Estaba encinta y gritaba con dolores de parto, en la angustia del alumbramiento. 3 Otra señal también apareció en el cielo: un gran dragón escarlata que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos, y en sus cabezas tenía siete diademas. 4 Su cola arrastró la tercera parte de las estrellas del cielo y las arrojó sobre la tierra. Y el dragón se paró frente a la mujer que estaba para dar a luz, a fin de devorar a su hijo tan pronto como naciera. 5 Ella dio a luz un hijo varón, que va a regir a todas las naciones con vara de hierro; y su hijo fue arrebatado para Dios y para su trono. 6 La mujer huyó al desierto, donde tenía un lugar preparado por Dios para ser sustentada allí por mil doscientos sesenta días.
7 Entonces hubo una guerra en el cielo: Miguel y sus ángeles luchaban contra el dragón. Luchaban el dragón y sus ángeles, 8 pero no prevalecieron ni se halló ya lugar para ellos en el cielo. 9 Y fue lanzado fuera el gran dragón, la serpiente antigua, que se llama Diablo y Satanás, el cual engaña al mundo entero. Fue arrojado a la tierra y sus ángeles fueron arrojados con él. 10 Entonces oí una gran voz en el cielo, que decía:
«Ahora ha venido la salvación,
el poder y el reino de nuestro Dios
y la autoridad de su Cristo,
porque ha sido expulsado el acusador
de nuestros hermanos,
el que los acusaba
delante de nuestro Dios día y noche.
11 Ellos lo han vencido
por medio de la sangre del Cordero
y de la palabra del testimonio de ellos,
que menospreciaron sus vidas
hasta la muerte.
12 Por lo cual alegraos, cielos,
y los que moráis en ellos.
¡Ay de los moradores de la tierra y del mar!,
porque el diablo
ha descendido a vosotros con gran ira,
sabiendo que tiene poco tiempo.»
13 Cuando el dragón vio que había sido arrojado a la tierra, persiguió a la mujer que había dado a luz al hijo varón. 14 Pero se le dieron a la mujer las dos alas de la gran águila para que volara de delante de la serpiente al desierto, a su lugar, donde es sustentada por un tiempo, tiempos y la mitad de un tiempo. 15 Y la serpiente arrojó de su boca, tras la mujer, agua como un río, para que fuera arrastrada por el río. 16 Pero la tierra ayudó a la mujer, pues la tierra abrió su boca y se tragó el río que el dragón había echado de su boca. 17 Entonces el dragón se llenó de ira contra la mujer y se fue a hacer la guerra contra el resto de la descendencia de ella, contra los que guardan los mandamientos de Dios y tienen el testimonio de Jesucristo.
Revelation 12
New King James Version
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
12 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out (A)in labor and in pain to give birth.
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, (B)a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 (C)His tail drew a third (D)of the stars of heaven (E)and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood (F)before the woman who was ready to give birth, (G)to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child (H)who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was (I)caught up to God and His throne. 6 Then (J)the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there (K)one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Satan Thrown Out of Heaven
7 And war broke out in heaven: (L)Michael and his angels fought (M)with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they [a]did not prevail, nor was a place found for [b]them in heaven any longer. 9 So (N)the great dragon was cast out, (O)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (P)who deceives the whole world; (Q)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, (R)“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, (S)who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And (T)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, (U)and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore (V)rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! (W)Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, (X)because he knows that he has a short time.”
The Woman Persecuted
13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted (Y)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 (Z)But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, (AA)that she might fly (AB)into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished (AC)for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent (AD)spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus [c]Christ.
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:8 were not strong enough
- Revelation 12:8 M him
- Revelation 12:17 NU, M omit Christ
Revelation 12
English Standard Version
The Woman and the Dragon
12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman (A)clothed with (B)the sun, with (C)the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and (D)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great (E)red dragon, (F)with seven heads and (G)ten horns, and on his heads (H)seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down (I)a third of the stars of heaven and (J)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (K)he might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child, (L)one who is to rule[a] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was (M)caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for (N)1,260 days.
Satan Thrown Down to Earth
7 Now war arose in heaven, (O)Michael and (P)his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And (Q)the great dragon was thrown down, (R)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, (S)the deceiver of the whole world—(T)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now (U)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers[b] has been thrown down, (V)who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And (W)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for (X)they loved not their lives (Y)even unto death. 12 Therefore, (Z)rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But (AA)woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because (AB)he knows that his time is short!”
13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued (AC)the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But the woman was given the two (AD)wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent (AE)into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished (AF)for a time, and times, and half a time. 15 The serpent poured water (AG)like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. 17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off (AH)to make war on the rest of (AI)her offspring, (AJ)on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to (AK)the testimony of Jesus. And he stood[c] on the sand of the sea.
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:5 Greek shepherd
- Revelation 12:10 Or brothers and sisters
- Revelation 12:17 Some manuscripts And I stood, connecting the sentence with 13:1
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