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16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed from its mouth. 17 The dragon became angry with the woman and went away to do battle against the rest of her children, the ones who keep God’s commandments and hold on to the testimony about Jesus. 18 Then the dragon[a] stood on the sand of the seashore.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 12:18 Lit. Then it; other mss. read Then I
  2. Revelation 12:18 Some translations include this sentence within 12:17; other translations include this sentence as part of 13:1.

16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war(A) against the rest of her offspring(B)—those who keep God’s commands(C) and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.(D)

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