Revelation 20:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.”
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“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 20:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 8:31And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
- Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
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