Revelation 12:3-5

International Standard Version

The Vision of the Red Dragon

³Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads. ⁴Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and knocked them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. ⁵She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule^[a] all the nations with an iron scepter. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.

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Revelation 12:5 Or shepherd

Revelation 12:3-5

New International Version

³Then another sign appeared in heaven:^(A) an enormous red dragon^(B) with seven heads^(C) and ten horns^(D) and seven crowns^(E) on its heads. ⁴Its tail swept a third^(F) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.^(G) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child^(H) the moment he was born. ⁵She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”^[a]^(I) And her child was snatched up^(J) to God and to his throne.