Revelation 12  Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12 A great sign^[a] appeared in heaven:^(A) a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.^{(B) 2} She was pregnant and cried out in labour and agony as she was about to give birth.^{(C) 3} Then another sign^[b] appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon^(D) having seven heads and ten horns,^(E) and on its heads were seven crowns.^{[c] 4} Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth.^(F) And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.^{(G) 5} She gave birth to a Son, a male who is going to rule^[d] all nations with an iron rod.^(H) Her child was caught up to God and to his throne. ⁶ The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God,^(I) to be nourished there^[e] for 1,260 days.^(J)

The Dragon Thrown Out of Heaven

⁷ Then war broke out in heaven: Michael^(K) and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought, ⁸ but he could not prevail,^(L) and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.^{(M) 9} So the great dragon was thrown out – the ancient serpent,^(N) who is called the devil and Satan,^(O) the one who deceives the whole world.^(P) He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.^{(Q) 10} Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say,

The Woman Persecuted

¹³ When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted^[f] the woman who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴ The woman was given two wings of a great eagle,^(X) so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time.^{(Y) 15} From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war^(Z) against the rest of her offspring^[g](AA) – those who keep the commands of God^(AB) and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.^(AC)

The Beast from the Sea

¹⁸ The dragon^[h] stood on the sand of the sea.^[i]