Revelation 20:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And 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.”

Revelation 20:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Revelation 20:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Revelation 20:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Revelation 20:3 — World English Bible

Revelation 20:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Revelation 20:3 — American Standard Version

Revelation 20:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.”

Revelation 20:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Revelation 20:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and cast him into the abyss, and shut [it] and sealed [it] over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time. ”

Revelation 20:3 — Darby Translation

Revelation 20:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And cast him into the bottomles pit, and he shut him vp, and sealed the doore vpon him, that he should deceiue the people no more, till the thousand yeeres were fulfilled: for after that he must be loosed for a litle season.”

Revelation 20:3 — Geneva Bible

Revelation 20:3 in Context — Revelation 20

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

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And 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.

4 And 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.

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

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What Does Revelation 20:3 Mean?

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