Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Woman and the Dragon
1 Then a great and mysterious
sight appeared in the sky.
There was a woman, whose dress
was the sun and who had the moon
under her feet and a crown of twelve
stars on her head.
2 She was soon to
give birth, and the pains and suffering
of childbirth made her cry out.
3 Another mysterious sight appeared
in the sky. There was a huge
red dragon with seven heads and ten
horns and a crown on each of his
heads. note
4 With his tail he dragged a
third of the stars out of the sky and
threw them down to the earth. He
stood in front of the woman, in order
to eat her child as soon as it was
born. note
5 Then she gave birth to a son,
who will rule over all nations with
an iron rod. But the child was
snatched away and taken to God
and his throne. note
6 The woman fled to
the desert, to a place God had prepared
for her, where she will be
taken care of for 1,260 days.
7 Then war broke out in heaven.
Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon, who fought back
with his angels; note
8 but the dragon was
defeated, and he and his angels were
not allowed to stay in heaven any
longer.
9 The huge dragon was
thrown out—that ancient serpent,
named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived
the whole world. He was
thrown down to earth, and all his angels
with him. note
10 Then I heard a loud voice in
heaven saying, “Now God's salvation
has come! Now God has shown
his power as King! Now his Messiah
has shown his authority! For the one
who stood before our God and accused
our brothers day and night
has been thrown out of heaven. note
11 Our brothers won the victory over
him by the blood of the Lamb and by
the truth which they proclaimed;
and they were willing to give up
their lives and die.
12 And so be glad,
you heavens, and all you that live
there! But how terrible for the earth
and the sea! For the Devil has come
down to you, and he is filled with
rage, because he knows that he has
only a little time left.”
13 When the dragon realized that
he had been thrown down to the
earth, he began to pursue the
woman who had given birth to the
boy.
14 She was given the two wings
of a large eagle in order to fly to her
place in the desert, where she will be
taken care of for three and a half
years, safe from the dragon's attack. note
15 And then from his mouth the
dragon poured out a flood of water
after the woman, so that it would
carry her away.
16 But the earth
helped the woman; it opened its
mouth and swallowed the water that
had come from the dragon's mouth.
17 The dragon was furious with the
woman and went off to fight against
the rest of her descendants, all those
who obey God's commandments
and are faithful to the truth revealed
by Jesus.
18 And the dragon stood note
on the seashore.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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