11 translations · Greek
Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 12:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- KJV King James Version
- And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and the great dragon was cast forth—the old serpent, who is called “Devil,” and “Satan,” who is leading the whole world astray—he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The great dragon, the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan who deceives the whole world, was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and the great dragon was cast forth — the old serpent, who is called 'Devil,' and 'the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world — he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world; and he was cast unto the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| ἐβλήθη | eblēthē | was hurled down | G906 βάλλω to throw: throw |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δράκων | drakōn | dragon | G1404 δράκων dragon |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μέγας | megas | great | G3173 μέγας great |
| ὁ | ho | that | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὄφις | ophis | serpent | G3789 ὄφις snake |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀρχαῖος | archaios | ancient | G744 ἀρχαῖος ancient |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καλούμενος | kaloumenos | called | G2564 καλέω to call: call |
| Διάβολος | Diabolos | [the] devil | G1228 διάβολος devilish/the Devil |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| Ὁ | HO | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Σατανᾶς | Satanas | Satan | G4567 Σατανᾶς Satan |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πλανῶν | planōn | deceiver | G4105 πλανάω to lead astray |
| τὴν | tēn | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| οἰκουμένην | oikoumenēn | [world] | G3625 οἰκουμένη world |
| ὅλην | holēn | whole | G3650 ὅλος all |
| ἐβλήθη | eblēthē | He was hurled | G906 βάλλω to throw: throw |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γῆν | gēn | earth | G1093 γῆ earth: planet |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| οἱ | hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἄγγελοι | angeloi | angels | G32 ἄγγελος angel |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | his | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| μετ’ | met’ | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐβλήθησαν | eblēthēsan | — | G906 βάλλω to throw: throw |
Related verses
- Luke 10:18
He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
- John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
- Revelation 20:10
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.
- Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
- 1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
- Job 2:1–2
Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh. Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
- Revelation 20:2–3
He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, 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.
- Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
8 They didn’t prevail, neither was a place found for them any more in heaven.
9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
11 They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
Read all of Revelation 12 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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