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An Understandable Version
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the pit and a huge chain in his hand.
New American Standard Bible
Then I saw
King James Version
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Holman Bible
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss
International Standard Version
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand.
A Conservative Version
And I saw an agent coming down out of heaven having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
American Standard Version
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
Bible in Basic English
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.
Common New Testament
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a great chain.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Afterwards I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, with a great chain in his hand.
Darby Translation
And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, who had the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
Godbey New Testament
And I saw an angel coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain on his hand.
Goodspeed New Testament
Then I saw an angel come down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
John Wesley New Testament
And I saw an angel descending out of heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.
Julia Smith Translation
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
King James 2000
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Modern King James verseion
And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.
Moffatt New Testament
Then I saw an angel descend from heaven with the key of the abyss and a huge chain in his hand;
Montgomery New Testament
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
NET Bible
Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.
New Heart English Bible
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Noyes New Testament
And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
Sawyer New Testament
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
The Emphasized Bible
And I saw a messenger, coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
AND I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss [of hell], and a great chain in his hand:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Webster
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Weymouth New Testament
Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and upon his arm he carried a great chain.
Williams New Testament
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
World English Bible
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Worrell New Testament
And I saw an angel coming down out of Heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand.
Worsley New Testament
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, who had the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,
Themes
Devil/devils » What satan does
Devil/devils » The devil being cast down to the pit of hell
Devil/devils » The binding and loosening of satan
Pit » Figurative » The bottomless pit
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » Satan bound for one-thousand years
Interlinear
Katabaino
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 20:1
Images Revelation 20:1
Prayers for Revelation 20:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Satan Bound For A Thousand Years
1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the pit and a huge chain in his hand. 2 And he took hold of the dragon, that old snake, who is the devil or Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years.
Cross References
Revelation 1:18
and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am [now] alive forever and ever! And I possess the keys of death and of the unseen place of departed spirits.
Revelation 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was covered by a cloud and there was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.
Luke 8:31
And the evil spirits begged Jesus not to require them to go away into the "pit" [Note: This appears to be the place reserved for the devil and his evil spirits. See Rev. 9:1-11; 20:1-3].
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare sinning angels, but cast them in chains, into deep, dark dungeons to await judgment;
Jude 1:6
And angels, who did not remain within [the bounds of] their proper authority, but left their own realm, God has kept in perpetual bondage, under [thick] darkness, awaiting judgment on the Great Day [when they will be punished].
Revelation 9:1-2
[When] the fifth angel sounded its trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key to the shaft leading to the deep pit [Note: This is thought to be the place where the devil and his demons live] was given to him.
Revelation 18:1
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.