| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. | 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. |
| 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years. | 2And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; |
| 3He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time. | 3and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time. |
| 4Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God's word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. | 4Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. |
| 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection. | 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. |
| 6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years. | 6Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. |
| 7When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison | 7When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, |
| 8and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. | 8and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. |
| 9They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. | 9And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. |
| 10The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. | 10And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. |
| 11Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. | 11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. |
| 12I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books. | 12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. |
| 13Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works. | 13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. |
| 14Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. | 14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. |
| 15And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. | 15And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. |
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