1And a great sign was seen in heaven : a woman arrayed with the sun , and the moon under her feet , and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; 2and she was with child ; and she crieth out , travailing in birth , and in pain to be delivered . 3And there was seen another sign in heaven : and behold , a great red dragon , having seven heads and ten horns , and upon his heads seven diadems . 4And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven , and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered , that when she is delivered he may devour her child . 5And she was delivered of a son , a man child , who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron : and her child was caught up unto God , and unto his throne . 6And the woman fled into the wilderness , where she hath a place prepared of God , that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days .
The War in Heaven
7And there was war in heaven : Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon ; and the dragon warred and his angels; 8and they prevailed not , neither was their place found any more in heaven . 9And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent , he that is called the Devil and Satan , the deceiver of the whole world ; he was cast down to the earth , and his angels were cast down with him . 10And I heard a great voice in heaven , saying , Now is come the salvation , and the power , and the kingdom of our God , and the authority of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night . 11And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony ; and they loved not their life even unto death . 12Therefore rejoice , O heavens , and ye that dwell in them . Woe for the earth and for the sea : because the devil is gone down unto you , having great wrath , knowing that he hath but a short time .
The Dragon's Pursuit of the Woman
13And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth , he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child . 14And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place , where she is nourished for a time , and times , and half a time , from the face of the serpent . 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river , that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. 16And the earth helped the woman , and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth . 17And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman , and went away to make war with the rest of her seed , that keep the commandments of God , and hold the testimony of Jesus :