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Revelation 12:7
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Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,
And there was a battell in heauen, Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels.
Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,
There was war in the sky. Mikha'el and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels;
Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back,
And war broke out in heaven, Michael [the archangel] and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought,
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;
Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
A war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels were fighting against the dragon and its angels.
Next there was a battle in heaven — Mikha'el and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels fought back.Daniel 10:13,21; 12:1; Revelation 12:3; 20:2;">[xr]
And there was war in heaven. And Mikoel and his angels [fn] to fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels warred.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought,
And there was warre in heauen, Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon, & the dragon fought and his angels,
And there was a battayle in heauen, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels,
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back,
And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, who fought back with his angels;
There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels:
And war broke out in Heaven, Michael and his angels engaging in battle with the Dragon.
And a greet batel was maad in heuene, and Myyhel and hise aungels fouyten with the dragoun. And the dragoun fauyt, and hise aungels;
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
And ther was grett battayll in heven Michael and his angells fowght with the dragon and the dragon fowght and his angelles
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels [going forth] to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;
And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers,
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war,
And war occurred in Heaven, Michael and his angels making war against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels made war,
And there was a greate batayll in heaue Michael and his angels foughte with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels,
Then there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; on the other side fought the dragon with his angels: but these were defeated,
War broke out in Heaven. Michael and his Angels fought the Dragon. The Dragon and his Angels fought back, but were no match for Michael. They were cleared out of Heaven, not a sign of them left. The great Dragon—ancient Serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, the one who led the whole earth astray—thrown out, and all his Angels thrown out with him, thrown down to earth. Then I heard a strong voice out of Heaven saying, Salvation and power are established! Kingdom of our God, authority of his Messiah! The Accuser of our brothers and sisters thrown out, who accused them day and night before God. They defeated him through the blood of the Lamb and the bold word of their witness. They weren't in love with themselves; they were willing to die for Christ. So rejoice, O Heavens, and all who live there, but doom to earth and sea, For the Devil's come down on you with both feet; he's had a great fall; He's wild and raging with anger; he hasn't much time and he knows it.
Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against this dragon. This animal and his angels fought back.
Then war broke out in heaven. The boss angel, Michael, along with his angels, battled against the dragon and its angels.
And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
war: Revelation 13:7, Revelation 19:11-20, Isaiah 34:5, Ephesians 6:12,*Gr.
Michael: Isaiah 55:4, Daniel 10:13, Daniel 10:21, Daniel 12:1, Hebrews 2:10, Jude 1:9
and his: Matthew 13:41, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 24:31, Matthew 26:53, 2 Thessalonians 1:7
the dragon: Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:4, Revelation 20:2
his angels: Revelation 12:9, Psalms 78:49, Matthew 25:41, 2 Corinthians 12:7,*Gr: 2 Peter 2:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - it shall Numbers 33:4 - upon their gods Joshua 5:14 - but as captain Psalms 27:3 - war Isaiah 14:12 - How art thou fallen Isaiah 65:25 - dust Lamentations 2:1 - and cast Daniel 11:32 - shall be Matthew 12:29 - General Mark 3:27 - General Luke 10:18 - I beheld Satan John 16:11 - the 1 Timothy 5:21 - the elect 2 Timothy 3:12 - shall
Cross-References
And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh, - and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar.
And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, - with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and bulk there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
Thus Abram brake up, again and again, towards the South.
so will it come to pass when the Egyptians behold thee, that they will say, His wife, this! and will slay me while thee, they preserve alive.
unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first, - and Abram called there, on the name of Yahweh.
for all the land which thou art beholding - to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;
So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron, - and built there an altar to Yahweh.
In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying, - To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river - the river Euphrates:
And it came to pass that, when Abram was ninety and nine years old, Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I, am GOD Almighty, - Walk, thou before me and become thou blameless:
And Abram fell on his face, - and God spake with him, saying:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there was war in heaven,.... Not in the third heaven, the habitation of God, the seat of the angels and glorified saints, there is no discord, jars, and contentions there, nothing but peace, love, and joy; but in the church below, which is militant, and has in it as it were a company of two armies; or rather in the Roman empire, which was the heaven of Satan, the god of this world, and of his angels; and this war refers not to the dispute between Michael the archangel and the devil about the body of Moses, Judges 1:9; nor to the of the angels when they rebelled against God, left their first estate, and were cast down to hell, Judges 1:6; nor to that ancient and stated enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman, Genesis 3:15, which has appeared in all ages of time, more or less, since the fall of Adam; nor to the combats which Christ personally had with Satan and his powers when here on earth, as in the wilderness, immediately after his baptism, and in the garden, a little before his death, and on the cross, when he spoiled principalities and powers, and destroyed him that had the power of death, the devil; but rather to the conflict which Christ and his people had with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with the Roman powers, and with false teachers during the three first centuries; though it seems best to understand it of the war commenced by Constantine against Paganism, and which was finished by Theodosius, by whom Heathenism received its death wound, and was never restored since the phrase of war in heaven is not unknown to the Jews; they say i when Pharaoh pursued after Israel, there was war above and below, and there was a very fierce war בשמים, "in heaven":
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon: by whom is meant not a created angel, with whom his name does not agree, it signifying "who is as God"; nor does it appear that there is anyone created angel that presides over the rest, and has them at his command; though the Jews seem to imagine as if the angels were ranged under several heads and governors, of whom they make Michael to be one; for they say k,
"when the holy blessed God descended on Mount Sinai, several companies of angels descended with him, מיכאל וחבורתו, "Michael and his company", and Gabriel and his company:''
"so kings armies", in Psalms 68:12; are by them interpreted of "kings of angels"; and it is asked who are these? and the answer is, Michael and Gabriel l. Lord Napier thinks that the Holy Ghost is designed, who is equally truly God as the Father and the Son, and who in the hearts of the saints opposes Satan and his temptations; but it seems best to interpret it of Jesus Christ, who is equal with God, is his fellow, is one with the Father, and in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily: he is the Archangel, the first of the chief princes, the head of all principality and power, who is on the side of the Lord's people, pleads their cause, defends their persons, and saves them; see Judges 1:9; and by "his angels" may be meant either the good angels, literally understood, who are his creatures, his ministers, and whom he employs under him, in protecting his people, and in destroying his enemies; or else the ministers of the Gospel, who are called angels in this book, and who, under Christ, fight the good fight of faith, contend earnestly for it, being valiant for the truth upon earth; or rather the Christian emperors, particularly Constantine and Theodosius, and the Christians with them, who opposed Paganism in the empire, and at last subdued, and cast it out:
and the dragon fought, and his angels; there is such an order among the evil angels, as to have one of their own at the head of them, they having cast off their allegiance to God and Christ, who is styled the prince of devils, and his name is Beelzebub: hence we read of the devil and his angels; see Matthew 12:24; and these may be intended here, unless false teachers, who transform themselves into angels of light, as their leader sometimes does, should be thought to be meant, who resist the truth and oppose themselves to the ministers of it; though rather, Satan as presiding over, and influencing the Roman Pagan empire, and the Roman emperors, who acted under him, are here designed; with whom Constantine and Theodosius, under Christ, combated, such as Maximinus, Maxentius, Licinius, Arbogastes, and Eugenius, and those that were with them. The Arabic version renders it, "the serpent with his soldiers".
i Shaare Ora, fol. 26. 4. k Debarim, Rabba, fol. 237. 4. l Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 14. 3. & 26. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And there was war in heaven - There was a state of things existing in regard to the woman and the child - the church in the condition in which it would then be - which would be well represented by a war in heaven; that is, by a conflict between the powers of good and evil, of light and darkness. Of course it is not necessary to understand this literally, anymore than the other symbolical representations in the book. All that is meant is, that a vision passed before the mind of John as if there was a conflict, in regard to the church, between the angels in heaven and Satan. There is a vision of the persecuted church - of the woman fleeing into the desert - and the course of the narrative is here interrupted by going back Revelation 12:7-13 to describe the conflict which led to this result, and the fact that Satan, as it were cast out of heaven, and unable to achieve a victory there, was suffered to vent his malice against the church on earth. The seat of this warfare is said to be heaven. This language sometimes refers to heaven as it appears to us - the sky - the upper regions of the atmosphere, and some have supposed that that was the place of the contest. But the language in Revelation 11:19; Revelation 12:1 (see the notes on those places), would rather lead us to refer it to heaven considered as lying beyond the sky. This accords, too, with other representations in the Bible, where Satan is described as appearing before God, and among the sons of God. See the notes on Job 1:6. Of course this is not to be understood as a real transaction, but as a symbolical representation of the contest between good and evil - as if there was a war waged in heaven between Satan and the leader of the heavenly hosts.
Michael - There have been very various opinions as to who Michael is. Many Protestant interpreters have supposed that Christ is meant. The reasons usually alleged for this opinion, many of which are very fanciful, may be seen in Hengstenberg (Die Offenbarung des heiliges Johannes), 1:611-622. The reference to Michael here is probably derived from Daniel 10:13; Daniel 12:1. In those places he is represented as the guardian angel of the people of God; and it is in this sense, I apprehend, that the passage is to be understood here. There is no evidence in the name itself, or in the circumstances referred to, that Christ is intended; and if he had been, it is inconceivable why he was not referred to by his own name, or by some of the usual appellations which John gives him. Michael, the archangel, is here represented as the guardian of the church, and as contending against Satan for its protection. Compare the notes on Daniel 10:13. This representation accords with the usual statements in the Bible respecting the interposition of the angels in behalf of the church (see the notes on Hebrews 1:14), and is one which cannot be proved to be unfounded. All the analogies which throw any light on the subject, as well as the uniform statements of the Bible, lead us to suppose that good beings of other worlds feel an interest in the welfare of the redeemed church below.
And his angels - The angels under him. Michael is represented as the archangel, and all the statements in the Bible suppose that the heavenly hosts are distributed into different ranks and orders. See the Jude 1:9 note; Ephesians 1:21 note. If Satan is permitted to make war against the church, there is no improbability in supposing that, in those higher regions where the war is carried on, and in those aspects of it which lie beyond the power and the knowledge of man, good angels should be employed to defeat his plans.
Fought - See the notes on Jude 1:9.
Against the dragon - Against Satan. See the notes at Revelation 12:3.
And the dragon fought and his angels - That is, the master-spirit - Satan, and those under him. See the notes on Matthew 4:1. Of the nature of this warfare nothing is definitely stated. Its whole sphere lies beyond mortal vision, and is carried on in a manner of which we can have little conception. What weapons Satan may use to destroy the church, and in what way his efforts may be counteracted by holy angels, are points on which we can have little knowledge. It is sufficient to know that the fact of such a struggle is not improbable, and that Satan is successfully resisted by the leader of the heavenly host.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 12:7. There was war in heaven — In the same treatise, fol. 87, 2, on Exodus 14:7, Pharaoh took six hundred chariots, we have these words: "There was war among those above and among those below, בשמים חזקה היתה והמלחמה vehammilchamah hayethah chazakah bashshamayim, and there was great war in heaven."
Of Michael the rabbins are full. See much in Schoettgen, and see the note on Jude, Jude 1:9.
The dragon-and his angels — The same as Rab. Sam. ben David, in Chasad Shimuel, calls וחיילותיו סמאל Samael vechayilothaiv, "Samael and his troops;" fol. 28, 2.
NOTES ON CHAP. XII., BY J. E. C.
Ver. 7. And there was war in heaven — As heaven means here the throne of the Roman empire, the war in heaven consequently alludes to the breaking out of civil commotions among the governors of this empire.
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon — Michael was the man child which the woman brought forth, as is evident from the context, and therefore signifies, as has been shown already, the dynasty of Christian Roman emperors. This dynasty is represented by Michael, because he is "the great prince which standeth for the children of God's people." Daniel 12:1.
And the dragon fought and his angels — Or ministers.
