Revelation 12
1 And there
appeared a
great wonder in heaven; a
woman clothed with the
sun, and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of
twelve stars: 2 And she
being with child cried, travailing in
birth,
and pained to be
delivered.
3 And there
appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third
part of the
stars of
heaven, and did
cast them to the
earth: and the
dragon stood before the
woman which was
ready to be
delivered,
for to
devour her child as soon
as it was
born.
5 And she brought
forth a
man child, who was to
rule all nations with a
rod of
iron: and her child was caught
up unto God, and to
his throne. 6 And the
woman fled into the
wilderness, where she
hath a
place prepared of God, that they should
feed her there a
thousand two
hundred and
threescore days. 7 And there
was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any
more in heaven. 9 And the
great dragon was cast
out, that
old serpent, called the
Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast
out into the
earth, and his angels were cast
out with him. 10 And I
heard a
loud voice saying in heaven, Now is
come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of
our God, and the
power of
his Christ: for the
accuser of
our brethren is cast
down,
which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the
blood of the
Lamb, and by the
word of
their testimony; and they
loved not their lives unto the
death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye
heavens, and ye that
dwell in them. Woe to the
inhabiters of the
earth and of the
sea! for the
devil is come
down unto you, having great wrath, because he
knoweth that he
hath but a
short time. 13 And when the
dragon saw that he was
cast unto the
earth, he
persecuted the
woman which brought
forth the
man child.
14 And to the
woman were
given two wings of a
great eagle, that she might
fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a
time,
and times, and half a
time, from the
face of the
serpent. 15 And the
serpent cast out
of his mouth water as a
flood after the
woman, that he might
cause her to be carried away of the
flood. 16 And the
earth helped the
woman, and the
earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
up the
flood which the
dragon cast out
of his mouth. 17 And the
dragon was
wroth with the
woman, and went to
make war with the
remnant of
her seed, which keep the
commandments of
God, and have the
testimony of
Jesus Christ. 18 ~~