Devine Scripture

Revelation 20:1

Revelation chapter 20 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 9:1

    And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.

  • Revelation 10:1

    And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

  • Revelation 1:18

    and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

  • Luke 8:31

    And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

  • Jude 1:6

    And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • Revelation 18:1

    After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.