Revelation 12:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 and who was pregnant[a] and was crying out because she[b] was having birth pains, and was in torment to give birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven, and behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal headbands.[c] 4 And his tail swept away a third of the stars from heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, in order that whenever she gave birth to her child he could devour it.
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- Revelation 12:2 Literally “who was having in the belly”
- Revelation 12:2 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was having birth pains”) which is understood as causal
- Revelation 12:3 Or “diadem crowns”
Revelation 12:2-4
New International Version
2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain(A) as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven:(B) an enormous red dragon(C) with seven heads(D) and ten horns(E) and seven crowns(F) on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third(G) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.(H) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child(I) the moment he was born.
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