Revelation 12:4 - International Children’s Bible

⁴ The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth to a baby. He wanted to eat the woman’s baby as soon as it was born.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ His tail swept [across the sky] and dragged down a third of the stars and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stationed himself in front of the woman who was about to be delivered, so that he might devour her child as soon as she brought it forth. [Dan. 8:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

Common English Bible

⁴ His tail swept down a third of heaven’s stars and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that when she gave birth, he might devour her child.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And his tail drew down a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her son.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.

Revelation 12:4 Cross References

Exodus 1:16

“When you are helping the Hebrew women give birth to their babies, watch! If the baby is a girl, let the baby live. But if it is a boy, kill it!”

Isaiah 27:1

At that time the Lord will judge Leviathan, the gliding snake. He will punish Leviathan, the coiled snake. The Lord will use his great sword, his hard and powerful sword. He will kill the monster in the sea.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him and want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was against the truth, for there is no truth in him. He is a liar, and he is like the lies he tells. He is the father of lies.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.

Revelation 12:7

Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back.

Revelation 12:9

He was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant dragon is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world the wrong way.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.

Revelation 13:2

This beast looked like a leopard, with feet like a bear’s feet. He had a mouth like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast all of his power and his throne and great authority.

Revelation 13:4

People worshiped the dragon because he had given his power to the beast. And they also worshiped the beast. They asked, “Who is as powerful as the beast? Who can make war against him?”

Revelation 16:13

Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs. They came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Revelation 17:18

The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 20:2

The angel grabbed the dragon, that old snake who is the devil. The angel tied him up for 1,000 years.

Revelation 8:10

The third angel blew his trumpet. Then a large star, burning like a torch, fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Revelation 8:11

The name of the star is Wormwood. And a third of all the water became bitter. Many people died from drinking the water that was bitter.

Revelation 8:12

The fourth angel blew his trumpet. Then a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were hit. So a third of them became dark. A third of the day was without light.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet. Then hail and fire mixed with blood was poured down on the earth. And a third of the earth and all the green grass and a third of the trees were burned up.

Revelation 8:8

The second angel blew his trumpet. Then something that looked like a big mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood.

Revelation 8:9

And a third of the living things in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 9:10

The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions. The power they had to hurt people for five months was in their tails.

Revelation 9:19

The horses’ power was in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails were like snakes that have heads to bite and hurt people.