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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Revelation 12:8

And preuailed not, neither was their place found any more in heauen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demons;   Heaven;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Vision;   The Topic Concordance - Devil/devils;   War/weapons;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Archangel;   Dragon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Michael;   Satan;   Victory;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Order;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Daemon;   Michael;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abaddon;   Angels;   Antipas;   Devil;   Lucifer;   Micaiah;   Revelation of John, the;   Satan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Revelation, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Divination;   Dragon ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Heaven;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joseph;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Archangel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Avail;   Revelation of John:;   Satan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apocalypse;   Fall of Angels;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for December 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.
King James Version
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
New American Standard Bible
and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
New Century Version
But the dragon was not strong enough, and he and his angels lost their place in heaven.
English Standard Version
but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
Contemporary English Version
But the dragon lost the battle. It and its angels were forced out of their places in heaven
Complete Jewish Bible
But it was not strong enough to win, so that there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
Darby Translation
and he prevailed not, nor was their place found any more in the heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version
but they were not strong enough. The dragon and its angels lost their place in heaven.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But they preuailed not, neither was their place found any more in heauen.
George Lamsa Translation
But did not prevail; neither was their place found any longer in heaven.
Good News Translation
but the dragon was defeated, and he and his angels were not allowed to stay in heaven any longer.
Lexham English Bible
And they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them any longer in heaven.
Literal Translation
but they did not have strength, nor yet was place found for them in Heaven.
Amplified Bible
but they were not strong enough and did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
American Standard Version
and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Bible in Basic English
And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven.
Hebrew Names Version
They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
International Standard Version
But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
Etheridge Translation
And they could not prevail, and their place was found no more in heaven.
Murdock Translation
and prevailed not; nor was their place found any more in heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And preuayled not, neither was their place founde any more in heauen.
English Revised Version
And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.
World English Bible
They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he prevailed not, neither was his place found any more in heaven.
Weymouth's New Testament
The Dragon fought and so did his angels; but they were defeated, and there was no longer any room found for them in Heaven.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei hadden not myyt, nether the place of hem was foundun more in heuene.
Update Bible Version
And they did not prevail, neither was their place found anymore in heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
New English Translation
But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels.
New King James Version
but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them [fn] in heaven any longer.
New Living Translation
And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
New Life Bible
But the dragon was not strong enough to win. There was no more room in heaven for them.
New Revised Standard
but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he prevailed not, neither was place found for them, any longer, in heaven.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Revised Standard Version
but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and prevaylled not: nether was their place founde eny more in heven.
Young's Literal Translation
and they did not prevail, nor was their place found any more in the heaven;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and preuayled not, nether was their place founde eny more in heauen.
Mace New Testament (1729)
they lost their place in heaven:
Simplified Cowboy Version
The dragon was defeated and it was kicked out of heaven with the other angels who had fought at its side.

Contextual Overview

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heauen, a woman clothed with the Sunne, & the Moone vnder her feete, and vpon her head a Crowne of twelue starres: 2 And shee being with childe, cried, trauailing in birth, and pained to be deliuered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen, and behold a great red dragon, hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads. 4 And his taile drew the third part of the starres of heauen, and did cast them to the earth: And the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be deliuered, for to deuoure her childe as soone as it was borne. 5 And shee brought foorth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of yron: and her child was caught vp vnto God, and to his Throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wildernesse, where shee hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand, two hundred, and threescore dayes. 7 And there was warre in heauen, Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon, & the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And preuailed not, neither was their place found any more in heauen. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the deuill and Satan, which deceiueth the whole world: hee was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a lowd voyce saying in heauen, Now is come saluation, and strength, and the kingdome of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prevailed not: Revelation 12:11, Psalms 13:4, Psalms 118:10-13, Psalms 129:2, Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 5:22, Matthew 16:18, Romans 8:31-39

their: Job 7:10, Job 8:18, Job 20:9, Job 27:21-23, Psalms 37:10, Acts 1:25, Jude 1:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - it shall Daniel 2:35 - no place Revelation 18:21 - and shall Revelation 20:11 - and there

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to call vpon the Name of the LORD.
Genesis 12:12
Therefore it shall come to passe, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will saue thee aliue.
Genesis 12:14
And it came to passe, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that shee was very faire.
Genesis 12:15
The Princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house.
Genesis 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe, and oxen, and hee asses, and men seruants, and maid seruants, and shee asses, and camels.
Genesis 13:4
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the LORD.
Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of the LORD, the euerlasting God.
Genesis 28:19
And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.
Genesis 35:3
And let vs arise, and goe vp to Bethel, and I will make there an Altar vnto God, who answered me in the day of my distresse, and was with me in the way which I went.
Joshua 7:2
And Ioshua sent men from Iericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-auen, on the East side of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying, Goe vp and view the countrey. And the men went vp, and viewed Ai.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And prevailed not,.... That is, the dragon, or the devil, and his angels, prevailed not against Michael and his angels; but, on the other hand, were conquered by them, as the above tyrants were by Constantine and Theodosius: some copies read in the singular number, "and he prevailed not", as the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; and other copies in the plural number, "they prevailed not": and as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions:

neither was their place found any more in heaven; in the Roman empire; or "his place", as some copies and versions: this was the time of the judgment of the world, or of the empire as Pagan; Satan the prince of the world, who had long governed in it, was now cast out of all power and authority in it, and all the idol gods in whom he was worshipped, with all the idolatrous priests; nor were there any more any Heathen emperors, for after Constantine's time there was only Julian the apostate, and who reigned but a little while; and after Theodosius, who cleared the empire of Paganism, there never was any, and there is reason to believe there never will be.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And prevailed not - Satan and his angels failed in their purpose.

Neither was their place found any more in heaven - They were cast out, and were seen there no more. The idea is, that they were defeated and driven away, though for a time they were suffered to carry on the warfare elsewhere.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

NOTES ON CHAP. XII., BY J. E. C.

Verse Revelation 12:8. And prevailed not — Against the cause of Christianity.

Neither was their place found any more in heaven. — The advocates of the heathen idolatry were prevented from having any farther share in the government of the empire. The wonderful success of Constantine over all his enemies, and his final triumph over Licinius, correspond exactly to the symbolical language in this verse.


 
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