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Revelation 12:16–17

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161But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon 2poured out of his mouth.

17So the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to amake war with the rest of her bseed, who ckeep the commandments of God and dhave the witness of Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit And
  2. 2Lit threw

Cross references

  1. aRev 11:7; 13:7
  2. bGen 3:15
  3. c1 John 2:3; Rev 14:12
  4. dRev 1:2; 6:9; 14:12; 19:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon. And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children—all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the earth came to the aid of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spouted out of his mouth. And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to fight against the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.