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Revelation 20:2

Satan
Spiritual warfare

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

3 And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

4 Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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BSB
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
KJV
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
WEB
He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
ASV
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
DARBY
And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is [the] devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
BLB
And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.
ÅB
Og han grep dragen, den gamle slange, som er djevelen og Satan, og bandt ham for tusen år
OTB
Han fanget dragen, den gamle slangen, kjent som djevelen og Satan, og bandt ham for tusen år.
B1930
Og han grep dragen, den gamle slange, som er djevelen og Satan, og bandt ham for tusen år

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

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  • Revelation 12:9

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

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  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

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  • John 12:31

    Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

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  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

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  • Romans 16:20

    The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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  • Job 2:1–2

    On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

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