Revelation 20:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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  • Rev 1:18 : 18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
  • Rev 10:1 : 1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
  • Rev 9:1-2 : 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth, and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 After these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, possessing great power; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
  • Luke 8:31 : 31 And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rev 20:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

    3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.

    4And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

  • Rev 9:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth, and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

    2And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

  • Rev 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1After these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, possessing great power; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

    2And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

  • Rev 10:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

    2And he had in his hand a little book open, and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot on the land.

  • Rev 20:6-11
    6 verses
    74%

    6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

    7And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison,

    8And will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

    9And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

    10And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

    11And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was no place found for them.

  • Rev 12:9
    73%

    9And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

  • Rev 10:5
    72%

    5And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven.

  • Rev 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

    2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?

  • Rev 7:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And after these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that the wind should not blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

    2And I saw another angel rising from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

  • Rev 14:6
    70%

    6And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people.

  • Rev 14:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

    18And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.

    19And the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

  • Rev 17:8
    69%

    8The beast that you saw was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to destruction: and those who dwell on the earth shall marvel, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

  • Rev 8:5
    69%

    5And the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it to the earth; and there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

  • Rev 19:20
    69%

    20And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.

  • Rev 12:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.

    13And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

  • Rev 9:11
    69%

    11They had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

  • Rev 1:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last:

    18I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  • Rev 10:8
    68%

    8And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.

  • Rev 18:21
    68%

    21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

  • Rev 12:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads.

    4His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And 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.

  • Rev 19:17
    68%

    17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God;

  • Rev 4:1
    68%

    1After this, I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven. And the first voice I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place hereafter."

  • Rev 21:10
    68%

    10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

  • Rev 15:1
    68%

    1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them the wrath of God is finished.

  • Rev 20:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

    14And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

  • Matt 28:2
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    2And, behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.

  • Rev 12:7
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    7And there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,

  • Rev 13:13
    68%

    13And he performs great signs, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

  • Rev 13:11
    68%

    11And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

  • Rev 12:16
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    16But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.

  • Rev 9:14
    68%

    14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, 'Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.'

  • Jude 1:6
    68%

    6And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.