Revelation 12

New American Standard Bible

The Woman, Israel

12 A great ^(A)sign appeared ^(B)in heaven: ^(C)a woman ^(D)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; ²and she was pregnant and she *^(E)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

³Then ^(F)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^(G)dragon having ^(H)seven heads and ^(I)ten horns, and on his heads were ^(J)seven crowns. ⁴And his tail *swept away a ^(K)third of the stars of heaven and ^(L)hurled them to the earth. And the ^(M)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^(N)he might devour her Child.

The Male Child, Christ

⁵And ^(O)she gave birth to a Son, a male, who is going to ^[a]^(P)rule all the ^[b]nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was ^(Q)caught up to God and to His throne. ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ^[c]she would be nourished for ^(R)1,260 days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷And there was war in heaven, ^(S)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(T)dragon. The dragon and ^(U)his angels waged war, ⁸and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. ⁹And the great ^(V)dragon was thrown down, the ^(W)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(X)Satan, who ^(Y)deceives the whole ^[d]world; he was ^(Z)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰Then I heard ^(AA)a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^(AB)salvation, and the power, and the ^(AC)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(AD)accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹And they ^(AE)overcame him because of ^(AF)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(AG)the word of their testimony, and they ^(AH)did not love their life even ^[e]when faced with death. ¹²For this reason, ^(AI)rejoice, you heavens and ^(AJ)you who dwell in them. ^(AK)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(AL)the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(AM)a short time.”

¹³And when the ^(AN)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(AO)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ¹⁴But the ^(AP)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(AQ)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^(AR)a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵And the ^(AS)serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. ¹⁶^[f]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth. ¹⁷So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to ^(AT)make war with the rest of her ^[g]^(AU)children, who ^(AV)keep the commandments of God and ^(AW)hold to the testimony of Jesus.

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Footnotes

Revelation 12:5 Or shepherd
Revelation 12:5 Or Gentiles
Revelation 12:6 Lit they would nourish her for
Revelation 12:9 Lit inhabited earth
Revelation 12:11 Lit to the point of death
Revelation 12:16 Lit And
Revelation 12:17 Lit seed

Revelation 12:1-17

International Standard Version

The Vision of a Woman Dressed with the Sun

12 A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed with the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a victor’s crown of twelve stars on her head. ²She was pregnant and was crying out from her labor pains, the agony of giving birth.

The Vision of the Red Dragon

³Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads. ⁴Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and knocked them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. ⁵She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule^[a] all the nations with an iron scepter. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne. ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where a place had been prepared for her by God so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

The Vision of War in Heaven

⁷Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels fought back. ⁸But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels.

The Vision of the Cry of Victory

¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say,

“Now the salvation, the power,
    the kingdom of our God,
        and the authority of his Messiah^[b] have come.
For the one who accuses our brothers,
    who accuses them day and night
in the presence of our God,
    has been thrown out.
¹¹Our brothers^[c] conquered him by the blood of the lamb
    and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not cling to their lives
    even in the face of death.
¹²So be glad, heavens, and those who live in them!
How terrible it is for the earth and the sea,
    because the Devil has come down to you, filled with rage,
        knowing that his time is short!”

The Vision of Persecution of the Woman and Her Children

¹³When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued^[d] the woman who had given birth to the boy. ¹⁴However, the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so that she could fly away from the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time. ¹⁵From its mouth the serpent spewed water like a river behind the woman in order to sweep her away with the flood. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed from its mouth. ¹⁷The dragon became angry with the woman and went away to do battle against the rest of her children, the ones who keep God’s commandments and hold on to the testimony about Jesus.

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