2 Thessalonians 2:9

World English Bible

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
When that Man of Evil comes, it will be the work of Satan. He will come with great power, and he will do all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders.

Revised Standard Version
The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
even him whose commynge is by the workynge of Satan wyth all lyinge power signes and wonders:

Hebrew Names Version
even he whose coming is according to the working of Hasatan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

New American Standard Bible
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and false signs and wonders,

New Century Version
The Man of Evil will come by the power of Satan. He will have great power, and he will do many different false miracles, signs, and wonders.

Update Bible Version
[even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Webster's Bible Translation
[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

English Standard Version
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whose coming is after the mighty working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Weymouth's New Testament
The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
hym, whos comyng is bi the worching of Sathanas, in al vertu, and signes,

English Revised Version
[even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Berean Standard Bible
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

Contemporary English Version
When the wicked one appears, Satan will pretend to work all kinds of miracles, wonders, and signs.

Amplified Bible
The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],

American Standard Version
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Bible in Basic English
Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Complete Jewish Bible
When this man who avoids Torah comes, the Adversary will give him the power to work all kinds of false miracles, signs and wonders.

Darby Translation
whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

International Standard Version
The coming of the lawless oneHis coming">[fn] will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kindIn every kind">[fn] of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders,Deuteronomy 13:1; Matthew 24:24; John 8:41; Ephesians 2:2; Revelation 13:13; 18:23; 19:21;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For the coming of that (wicked one) is the working of Satana, with all power, and (with) signs and false miracles,

Murdock Translation
9 For the coming of that [fn] , is the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

King James Version (1611)
Euen him whose comming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signes, and lying wonders,

New Living Translation
This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.

New Life Bible
Satan will use this man of sin. He will have Satan's power. He will do strange things and many powerful works that will be false.

New Revised Standard
The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen him whose comming is by the effectuall working of Satan, with all power, and signes, and lying wonders,

George Lamsa Translation
Even him, whose coming is due to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whose, presence, shall be according to an inworking of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and sign and wonders of falsehood,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
[Euen hym] whose commyng is after the workyng of Satan, in all power & signes, and wonders, of lying,

Good News Translation
The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders,

Christian Standard Bible®
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

King James Version
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Lexham English Bible
whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Literal Translation
His coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and miraculous signs and lying wonders,

Young's Literal Translation
[him,] whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
euen him, whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power, and signes and wonders,

Mace New Testament (1729)
who by the instigation of satan will make his parade with various arts, with fallacious signs and prodigies,

THE MESSAGE
The Anarchist's coming is all Satan's work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they're so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they're banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.

New English Translation
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

New King James Version
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

Simplified Cowboy Version
The devil's son will come to do the work of his father, Satan. He'll use sleight of hand to do miracles, signs, and wonders. But it's all counterfeit.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Legacy Standard Bible
whose coming is in accord with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Contextual Overview

³ Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, ⁴ he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God. ⁵ Don't you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? ⁶ Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. ⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness does already work. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. ⁸ Then will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the brightness of his coming; ⁹ even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; ¹² that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

is: John 8:41, John 8:44, Acts 8:9-11, Acts 13:10, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Ephesians 2:2, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 12:17, Revelation 13:1-5, Revelation 18:23, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10

and signs: Exodus 7:22, Exodus 8:7, Exodus 8:18, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:2, Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22, 2 Timothy 3:8, Revelation 13:11-15, Revelation 18:23, Revelation 19:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:11 - they also Numbers 22:20 - If the men Numbers 22:35 - Go Deuteronomy 28:28 - General Judges 3:4 - to prove 1 Kings 22:22 - a lying spirit 2 Kings 24:20 - through 2 Chronicles 18:22 - the lord hath 2 Chronicles 25:20 - it came of God Psalms 40:4 - as turn Psalms 81:12 - I gave Psalms 119:118 - their deceit Proverbs 5:6 - her Isaiah 9:15 - the prophet Isaiah 28:15 - we have made Isaiah 29:10 - hath closed Isaiah 44:18 - for he hath Isaiah 44:20 - Is there Isaiah 47:9 - for the multitude Isaiah 47:12 - General Isaiah 57:11 - that thou Jeremiah 4:10 - surely Jeremiah 5:31 - my people Jeremiah 8:5 - they hold Jeremiah 14:14 - I sent Jeremiah 23:14 - walk Jeremiah 23:26 - prophets of Jeremiah 27:15 - that I Jeremiah 29:8 - Let Jeremiah 50:36 - upon the liars Ezekiel 3:20 - and I lay Ezekiel 13:4 - like Ezekiel 14:5 - I may Ezekiel 14:9 - if the Ezekiel 20:25 - I gave Daniel 8:23 - and understanding Daniel 11:23 - work Daniel 11:32 - corrupt Hosea 4:12 - for Hosea 14:9 - but Habakkuk 2:18 - a teacher Matthew 12:44 - he findeth Matthew 21:27 - We cannot tell Mark 4:15 - Satan Luke 8:12 - then Luke 11:25 - he findeth Luke 11:34 - but Luke 19:42 - but Luke 21:8 - Take Romans 8:39 - depth 2 Corinthians 4:3 - it is Galatians 3:1 - who Ephesians 4:14 - by the Ephesians 6:11 - the wiles Colossians 2:4 - lest 1 Timothy 4:1 - seducing 2 Timothy 2:26 - out James 3:6 - it is 2 Peter 1:16 - we have 1 John 4:6 - and Revelation 2:24 - the depths Revelation 8:12 - and the day Revelation 11:7 - the beast Revelation 13:3 - all Revelation 13:13 - he doeth Revelation 13:14 - deceiveth Revelation 16:13 - three Revelation 16:14 - working Revelation 20:3 - should deceive Revelation 21:8 - and all

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

Deuteronomy 6:25
It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Isaiah 44:25
who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Isaiah 47:10
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan,.... That is, as a deceiver, a liar, and a murderer; for such was the working of Satan with our first parents; he seduced Eve, not only by subtlety, but by lying; he abode not in the truth, is the father of lies, and a murderer from the beginning: and such is the working of antichrist his firstborn; he comes in a deceitful way, under a profession of Christ, and a pretension of faith in him, and love to him; but speaks lies in hypocrisy, for such are his doctrines and tenets; and is not only a murderer of the bodies of the saints, but of the souls of men; which are the wares the whore of Babylon deals in:

with all power; not omnipotence, for that is peculiar to God, and is not in Satan nor in antichrist, though the latter assumes to himself all power in heaven and in earth, and claims a jurisdiction both temporal and spiritual over men; but rather this means great power, or all kind of power of doing miracles, as follows:

and signs, and lying wonders; that is, such signs and miracles as are not real, but reigned, only in appearance, not in truth, like those that were done by the magicians of Egypt; and these were done to countenance lies, and to induce persons to believe them; and how many miracles and lying wonders the church of Rome pretends to, everybody knows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan - Greek, κατ ̓ ἐνέργειαν τοὺ Σατανᾶ kat' energeian tou Satana. According to the energy of Satan; that is, the energetic or efficient operation of Satan. The word rendered “after,” it need not be said to one who looks at the Greek, does not refer to time, but is a preposition, meaning according to; in conformity with; meaning that the manner of his appearing would be accompanied by such works as would show that the agency of Satan was employed, and such as he only could produce. It does not mean that the coming of the Lord Jesus would be after Satan had worked in this manner, but that the manifestation of that wicked one would be with such demonstrations of power and wonder as Satan only could effect. The system over which he presides is originated by Satan, and sustained by those things which he alone can perform. On the word “Satan,” see the notes on Job 1:6. The idea is, that it would be under the direction and control of the great enemy of God, and that the things on which it would rely for support could be traced to his agency. In all the pretended miracles to which it would appeal, there would be nothing which Satan could not accomplish.

With all power - With all the power which Satan can exhibit; meaning also, that there would be a great exertion of power in the case. It would not be a feeble and imbecile dominion. The dominion of the papacy has been one of the most powerful on earth. There has been none which has been more dreaded by the nations of the earth - and there have been times when nations trembled, and kings turned pale on their thrones at the frown of the Pope.

And signs - This word frequently denotes real miracles, but not necessarily so. It may be applied to pretended miracles as well as real, and is undoubtedly so used here, as it is connected with “lying wonders,” and as it is said that the thing done would be “after the working of Satan.” There is doubtless reference to such “signs and wonders” as the Saviour mentions in Matthew 24:24; see the notes on that passage. It is hardly necessary to remark that the papacy has always relied for support on its pretended miracles. Even in our own age the wonders performed by the Prince Hohenloe, and by the pretended seamless garment of the Saviour, have been proclaimed as true miracles, and as furnishing indubitable evidence of the truth of the Roman Catholic system. The dissolving of the blood of Januarius, the removal of Pilate’s stairs to Rome, and the transportation to Italy of the “house of our Lady,” are among the miracles to which there is a constant reference in the papal communion. In addition to these and to all similar pretensions, there is the power claimed of performing a miracle at the pleasure of the priest by the change of bread and wine into the “body and blood, the soul and divinity” of the Lord Jesus. In 1756, there was published in London a book entitled, “The miraculous power of the Church of Christ, asserted through each successive century, from the apostles down to the present time.” The power of working miracles has been one of the standing claims of the papacy.

And lying wonders - False or pretended miracles. They would be such as would be claimed to be miracles; such as would excite wonder; and yet such as were false and delusive. No Protestant assuredly needs to be convinced that this is just the character of the pretended miracles of the papacy. It would be impossible for language to describe them more clearly, in the apprehension of all Protestants, than is done in this language of the apostle Paul.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. Whose coming is after the working of Satan — The operation of God's Spirit sends his messengers; the operation of Satan's spirit sends his emissaries. The one comes κατ' ενεργειαν του Θεου, after or according to the energy or inward powerful working of God; the other comes κατ' ενεργειαν του Σατανα, according to the energy or inward working of Satan.

With all power — Πασῃ δυναμει· All kinds of miracles, like the Egyptian magicians; and signs and lying wonders: the word lying may be applied to the whole of these; they were lying miracles, lying signs, and lying wonders; only appearances of what was real, and done to give credit to his presumption and imposture. Whereas God sent his messengers with real miracles, real signs, and real wonders; such Satan cannot produce.