Revelation 20:1

In 9 translations

BSB

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

KJV

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

WEB

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

ASV

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

LSV

And I saw a messenger coming down out of Heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

YLT

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

DBY

And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.

DRC

And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.

GNV

And I saw an Angel come downe from heauen, hauing the keye of the bottomles pit, and a great chaine in his hand.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα τὴν κλεῖν τῆς ἀβύσσου καὶ ἅλυσιν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ.

RP2018

Καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα τὴν κλεῖν τῆς ἀβύσσου, καὶ ἅλυσιν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα τὴν κλεῖδα τῆς ἀβύσσου, καὶ ἅλυσιν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ.

SCR1894

και ειδον αγγελον καταβαινοντα εκ του ουρανου εχοντα την κλειδα της αβυσσου και αλυσιν μεγαλην επι την χειρα αυτου

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
• Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
• Revelation 9:1–2Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the…
• Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
• Revelation 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
• Luke 8:31And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

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