Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You can’t eat from any tree in the garden”? ’
Revelation 20:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, , and bound him for a thousand years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he gripped and overpowered the dragon, that old serpent [of primeval times], who is the devil and Satan, and [securely] bound him for a thousand years. American Standard Version (1901) And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, Common English Bible He seized the dragon, the old snake, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Catholic Public Domain Version And he apprehended the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and he bound him for a thousand years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he laid hold on the dragon the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. |
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You can’t eat from any tree in the garden”? ’
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
The Lord asked Satan, ‘Where have you come from? ’ ‘From roaming through the earth,’ Satan answered him, ‘and walking around on it.’
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished.
On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgement on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent #– #Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Again he measured off five hundred and thirty metres, and it was a river that I could not cross on foot. For the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed on foot.
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.
Suddenly they shouted, ‘What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? ’
Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.
And he cried out with a loud voice, ‘What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don’t torment me! ’
Now is the judgement of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
and about judgement, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death #– #that is, the devil #– #
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell , and delivered them in chains of utter darkness to be kept for judgement;
and the angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgement on the great day.
When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child.
From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring , #– #those who keep the commands of God and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.
Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
The beast I saw was like a leopard, 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.
They worshipped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war against it? ’
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison
They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, , and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.