Revelation 12:6

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

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.

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

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

    And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

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  • Revelation 11:2–3

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

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  • Revelation 12:14

    And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

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  • 1 Kings 17:3–6

    Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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  • Revelation 12:4

    And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

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  • 1 Kings 19:4–8

    But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

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  • Matthew 4:11

    Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

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  • 1 Kings 17:9–16

    Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

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