1 | And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun , and the moon under her feet , and upon her head a crown of twelve stars : |
2 | And she being with child cried , travailing in birth , and pained to be delivered . |
3 | And there appeared another wonder in heaven ; and behold a great red dragon , having seven heads and ten horns , and seven crowns upon his heads . |
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 . |
6 | 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 . |
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 . |
10 | And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven , Now is come salvation , and strength , and the kingdom of our God , and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down , which accused them before our God day and night . |
11 | And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb , and by the word of their testimony ; and they loved not their lives unto the death . |
12 | Therefore rejoice , [ye] heavens , and ye that dwell in them . Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you , having great wrath , because he knoweth that he hath but a short time . |
13 | And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth , he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child]. |
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 . |
15 | And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman , that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood . |
16 | And the earth helped the woman , and the earth opened her mouth , and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth . |
17 | And the dragon was wroth with the woman , and went to make war with the remnant of her seed , which keep the commandments of God , and have the testimony of Jesus Christ . |