Revelation 20:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.

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  • Rev 12:9 : 9 and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.
  • Dan 6:17 : 17 And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.
  • Rev 20:1 : 1 And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that `is' in the Christ;
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 for those such `are' false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ, 14 and no wonder -- for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light; 15 no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness -- whose end shall be according to their works.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 `him,' whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10 and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved, 11 and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord `is' as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,
  • Rev 16:14-16 : 14 for they are spirits of demons, doing signs -- which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty; -- 15 `lo, I do come as a thief; happy `is' he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' -- 16 and they did bring them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.
  • Rev 17:2 : 2 with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 `The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.
  • Rev 20:7-9 : 7 And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth -- Gog and Magog -- to gather them together to war, of whom the number `is' as the sand of the sea; 9 and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them; 10 and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where `are' the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night -- to the ages of the ages.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.
  • Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes `are' as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rev 20:1-2
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    1 And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

    2 and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

  • Rev 20:4-10
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    4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

    5 and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this `is' the first rising again.

    6 Happy and holy `is' he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

    7 And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,

    8 and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth -- Gog and Magog -- to gather them together to war, of whom the number `is' as the sand of the sea;

    9 and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

    10 and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where `are' the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night -- to the ages of the ages.

  • Rev 12:9-10
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    9 and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

    10 And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

  • Rev 9:1-2
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    1 And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss,

    2 and he did open the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and darkened was the sun and the air, from the smoke of the pit.

  • 8 `The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.

  • 20 and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast -- the two -- to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;

  • Rev 12:12-13
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    12 because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; wo to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'

    13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,

  • 7 `And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them,

  • Rev 12:3-4
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    3 And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,

    4 and his tail doth draw the third of the stars of the heaven, and he did cast them to the earth; and the dragon did stand before the woman who is about to bring forth, that when she may bring forth, her child he may devour;

  • Rev 13:5-7
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    5 And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

    6 and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

    7 and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

  • 2 and he had in his hand a little scroll opened, and he did place his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land,

  • Rev 20:14-15
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    14 and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire -- this `is' the second death;

    15 and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.

  • Rev 12:15-17
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    15 and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

    16 and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth;

    17 and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

  • 3 `Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.'

  • 15 and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;

  • 10 `Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

  • Rev 13:13-14
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    13 and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men,

    14 and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,

  • 14 for they are spirits of demons, doing signs -- which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty; --

  • 5 and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment `is' as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;

  • 5 And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

  • 2 and the beast that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon did give to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.

  • 5 And the messenger whom I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, did lift up his hand to the heaven,

  • 11 and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and out of the seven he is, and to destruction he doth go away.

  • Rev 14:10-11
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    10 he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, that hath been mingled unmixed in the cup of His anger, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy messengers, and before the Lamb,

    11 and the smoke of their torment doth go up to ages of ages; and they have no rest day and night, who are bowing before the beast and his image, also if any doth receive the mark of his name.

  • Rev 9:10-11
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    10 and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority `is' to injure men five months;

    11 and they have over them a king -- the messenger of the abyss -- a name `is' to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.

  • 10 And he saith to me, `Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh;

  • 31 now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

  • 3 and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of evil-speaking, having seven heads and ten horns,

  • 9 `him,' whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

  • 7 And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers,

  • 10 `Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.