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The Woman and the Dragon

Revelation 12:2

In 9 translations

BSB
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
KJV
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
WEB
She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
ASV
and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.
LSV
and having [a child] in [her] womb she cries out, travailing and being in pain to bring forth.
YLT
and being with child she doth cry out, travailing and pained to bring forth.
DBY
and being with child she cried, [being] in travail, and in pain to bring forth.
DRC
And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered.
GNV
And she was with childe, and cried traueiling in birth, and was pained readie to be deliuered.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read κράζει (“she cries out”); Byzantine text read ἔκραζεν (“she was crying out”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort include καὶ (“And”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: καὶ κράζει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ κράζει; Tregelles read κράζει; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔκραζεν.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα· καὶ κράζει ὠδίνουσα καὶ βασανιζομένη τεκεῖν.
RP2018
καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα, ἔκραζεν ὠδίνουσα, καὶ βασανιζομένη τεκεῖν.
TR-Boyd
καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα, κράζει ὠδίνουσα, καὶ βασανιζομένη τεκεῖν.
SCR1894
και εν γαστρι εχουσα κραζει ωδινουσα και βασανιζομενη τεκειν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 16:21A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
  • Galatians 4:19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
  • Revelation 12:4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
  • Isaiah 66:7–9“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet…
  • Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
  • Micah 5:3Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
  • Galatians 4:27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
  • Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

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