Revelation 12:4

New English Translation

Now the dragon’s tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

Cross References

Exodus 1:16

“When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”

Isaiah 27:1

At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.

John 8:44

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

Revelation 12:7

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

Revelation 12:9

So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

Revelation 13:2

Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.

Revelation 13:4

they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?”

Revelation 16:13

Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming 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

As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years.

Revelation 8:10

Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; it landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Revelation 8:11

(Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned.

Revelation 8:12

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Revelation 8:8

Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood,

Revelation 8:9

and a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed.

Revelation 9:10

They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.

Revelation 9:19

For the power of the horses resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.