- Revelation 20:9
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- Revelation 20:9
- (MLV) And they went up over the width
of the earth and surrounded the camp of the holy-ones and
the beloved city and fire from God came down out
of heaven and devoured them.
(KJV) And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved
city: and fire came down from God out of heaven,
and devoured them.
- (1611 KJV) And they went vp on the
breadth of the earth, and compassed the campe of the Saints
about, and the beloued citie: and fire came downe from God
out of heauen, and deuoured them.
- (1526 Tyndale) and they went vp on the playne of
the erth and compased the tentes of the saynctes about and
the beloved cite. And fyre cam doune from God out
of heven and devoured them:
- (1382 Wycliffe) And fier cam doun `of God
fro heuene, and deuourede hem. And the deuel,
that disseyuede hem, was sent in to the pool of fier and of
brymston,
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- Counterfeit Versions
- (NIV) They marched across the breadth of the
earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he
loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
- (NASB) And they came up on the broad plain of the earth
and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city,
and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
- (THE MESSAGE) They'll stream across the earth, surround
and lay siege to the camp of God's holy people, the Beloved
City. They'll no sooner get there than fire will pour out of
Heaven and burn them up.
- (NLT) And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of
the earth and surrounded God's people and the beloved city.
But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and
consumed them.
- (ESV) And they marched up over the broad plain of the
earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved
city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
- (CEV) and they will march all the way across the earth.
They will surround the camp of God's people and the city
that his people love. But fire will come down from heaven
and destroy the whole army.
- (1901 ASV) And they went up over the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved
city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.
- (HCSB) They came up over the surface of the earth and
surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city.
Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
- (NCV) And Satan's army marched across the earth and
gathered around the camp of God's people and the city God
loves. But fire came down from heaven and burned them up.
- (RSV) And they marched up over the broad earth and
surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; but
fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) They invaded the breadth of the earth
and surrounded the camp of the holy ones and the beloved
city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) And they advanced over the
breadth of the earth and encircled the camp of the holy ones
and the beloved city. But fire came down out of heaven and
devoured them.
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
- kai anebhsan epi to
platoV thV ghV kai ekuklwsan thn parembolhn twn agiwn kai
thn polin thn hgaphmenhn kai katebh pur apo tou qeou
ek tou ouranou kai katejagen autouV
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical
Text
- kai anebhsan epi to
platoV thV ghV kai ekukleusan thn parembolhn twn agiwn kai
thn polin thn hgaphmenhn kai katebh pur ek tou ouranou kai
katejagen autouV
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following
manuscript:
- A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus
for this verse
- Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Fourth century (corrected)
P 025 - Ninth century
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omit “from God”
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Weiss, Bernhard - 1894
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
- Von Soden, Freiherr - 1902
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- Affected Teaching
- In the minority text versions, who sends the
fire? God is the one behind this symbolic
destruction of the opposition.
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