Revelation 12:6
4 His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
7 Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
8 But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- KJV
- And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
- WEB
- The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
- ASV
- And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
- DARBY
- And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared of God, that they should nourish her there a thousand two hundred [and] sixty days.
- BLB
- And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place having been prepared there from God, so that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
- ÅB
- Og kvinnen flyktet ut i ørkenen, hvor hun har et sted som er gjort i stand til henne av Gud, for at de der skulle gi henne hennes føde i tusen to hundre og seksti dager.
- OTB
- Kvinnen flyktet ut i ødemarken til et sted som var forberedt for henne av Gud, hvor hun skulle bli næret i 1 260 dager.
- B1930
- Og kvinnen flydde ut i ørkenen, hvor hun har et sted som er gjort i stand til henne av Gud, forat de der skulde gi henne hennes føde i tusen to hundre og seksti dager.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 13:5
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Read in contextRevelation 11:2–3
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Read in contextRevelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
Read in context1 Kings 17:3–6
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Read in contextRevelation 12:4
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
Read in context1 Kings 19:4–8
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Read in contextMatthew 4:11
Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
Read in context1 Kings 17:9–16
“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
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