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Revelation 20

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Revelation 20 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

ASV: 1ASV

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

WEB: 2WEB

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

ASV: 2ASV

And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

WEB: 3WEB

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 were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

ASV: 3ASV

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.

WEB: 4WEB

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

ASV: 4ASV

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

WEB: 5WEB

The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

ASV: 5ASV

The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

WEB: 6WEB

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

ASV: 6ASV

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

WEB: 7WEB

And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison

ASV: 7ASV

And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

WEB: 8WEB

and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

ASV: 8ASV

and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

WEB: 9WEB

They went up over the width of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.

ASV: 9ASV

And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

WEB: 10WEB

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

ASV: 10ASV

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

WEB: 11WEB

I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away. There was found no place for them.

ASV: 11ASV

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

WEB: 12WEB

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

ASV: 12ASV

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

WEB: 13WEB

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.

ASV: 13ASV

And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

WEB: 14WEB

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

ASV: 14ASV

And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.

WEB: 15WEB

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

ASV: 15ASV

And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.