Revelation 12:4

12:4 Now7 the dragon’s8 tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then9 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.

7	tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.
8	tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9	tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.