Revelation 20:3
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.Select Revelation 20:1
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,Select Revelation 20:2
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.Select Revelation 20:3
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.Select Revelation 20:4
5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.Select Revelation 20:5
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WEB
20:3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
ASV
20:3 and cast him into the abyss, and shutit, and sealeditover him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.
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