Revelation 20:3 - First Nations Version

³ He then threw him into the dark and bottomless pit, closed the way in or out, and sealed it tight. He did this so Accuser (Satan) could no longer blind the nations and lead them down a false path until a thousand winters have passed. But after that he will be released for a short time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Then he hurled him into the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and closed it and sealed it above him, so that he should no longer lead astray and deceive and seduce the nations until the thousand years were at an end. After that he must be liberated for a short time.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

Common English Bible

³ He threw him into the abyss, then locked and sealed it over him. This was to keep him from continuing to deceive the nations until the thousand years were over. After this he must be released for a little while.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he cast him into the abyss, and he closed and sealed it, so that he would no longer seduce the nations, until the thousand years are completed. And after these things, he must be released for a brief time.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations, till the thousand years be finished. And after that, he must be loosed a little time.

Revelation 20:3 Cross References

Matthew 24:24

for false Chosen Ones will rise up and false prophets will appear. They will provide great signs and omens to mislead the people. Even Creator’s Chosen Ones will be tempted to believe them.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and placed a seal over the great stone and set the guards to watch.

Mark 4:15

“The village pathway represents the ones who hear but do not understand the message. Accuser (Satan), the evil trickster snake, sneaks up and snatches it away from them.

Luke 8:31

They begged him not to send them into the deep dark pit of the world below.

2 Corinthians 11:3

Long ago the evil snake used his trickster ways to take Life Bearer (Eve) down the wrong path. I fear that, in the same manner she was tricked, false message bearers may take you down the wrong path in your thinking and lead you away from your single-hearted loyalty to the Chosen One.

2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, my much-loved friends: with the Great Spirit there is no difference between one day or one thousand winters.

Revelation 12:9

The great fiery-red sea serpent was thrown down from the spirit-world above. He is the ancient trickster snake, who is also called the evil one and Accuser (Satan). He is the one who takes the whole world down a false path. He was thrown down to the ground, along with all his spirit-messengers.

Revelation 13:14

Because of the signs that were done as it represented the first wild beast, it was able to trick the people who live in the land. It instructed them to carve an image to honor the first wild beast who was fatally wounded by the long knife yet lived.

Revelation 17:2

The rulers of the land have participated in her broken and impure ways. And the people of the land have become drunk on the wine of her impurities.”

Revelation 17:8

“The wild beast, which you saw, once was and now is not, but will soon emerge from the dark and bottomless pit and meet with disaster. All who live on the land, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world, will be amazed when they see the wild beast that once was and now is not, but will soon emerge from the dark and bottomless pit.

Revelation 20:1

Then I saw a spirit-messenger coming down from the spirit-world above. In his hand he held the power to open or close the way in or out of the dark and bottomless pit. In his hand he also held a large iron chain.