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Revelation 20:2

Satan
Spiritual warfare

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

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ 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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Cross references

  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • Revelation 12:9

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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  • John 12:31

    Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

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  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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  • Romans 16:20

    And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

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  • Job 2:1–2

    Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

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