Revelation 12:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
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“And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 12:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Genesis 3:4“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
- Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:1Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:21And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
- Job 1:6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
- Job 2:1On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
- Psalms 109:6Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
- Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
- Ezekiel 28:16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
- Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- Matthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Matthew 13:39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
- Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Luke 8:12The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- Luke 10:18So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
- Luke 13:16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
- Luke 22:3Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
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