^20:7Now¹⁵ when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison ^20:8and will go out to deceive¹⁶ the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,¹⁷ to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.¹⁸^20:9They¹⁹ went up²⁰ on the broad plain of the earth²¹ and encircled²² the camp²³ of the saints and the beloved city, but²⁴ fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.²⁵^20:10And the devil who deceived²⁶ them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur,²⁷ where the beast and the false prophet are²⁸ too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

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Footnotes

15 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
16 Or “mislead.”
17 The battle with Gog and Magog is described in the OT in Ezek 38:1–39:20.
18 Grk “of whom the number of them [is] like the sand of the sea” (an allusion to Isa 10:22).
19 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
20 The shift here to past tense reflects the Greek text.
21 On the phrase “broad plain of the earth” πλάτος states, “τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς Rv 20:9 comes fr. the OT (Da 12:2 . Cp. Hab 1:6; Sir 1:3), but the sense is not clear: breadth = the broad plain of the earth is perh. meant to provide room for the countless enemies of God vs. 8, but the ‘going up’ is better suited to Satan (vs. 7) who has recently been freed, and who comes up again fr. the abyss (vs. 3).” The referent here thus appears to be a plain large enough to accommodate the numberless hoards that have drawn up for battle against the Lord Christ and his saints.
22 Or “surrounded.”
23 On the term παρεμβολή (parembolē) states, “Mostly used as a military t.t.… so always in our lit.… 1. a (fortified) camp … ἡ παρεμβολὴ τῶν ἁγίων Rv 20:9 is also to be understood fr. the OT use of the word.”
24 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
25 See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesthiō) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”
26 Or “misled.”
27 Traditionally, “brimstone.”
28 The verb in this clause is elided. In keeping with the previous past tenses some translations supply a past tense verb here (“were”), but in view of the future tense that follows (“they will be tormented”), a present tense verb was used to provide a transition from the previous past tense to the future tense that follows.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.

Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison and he will go out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to assemble them for battle, whose number is like the sand of the sea. And they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the fortified camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and consumed them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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