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Revelation 20:10

What does Revelation 20:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Revelation 20:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Revelation 20:10 means

The devil, the deceiver of the nations, is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet already are. His doom is final and eternal: torment day and night for ever and ever. The one who once accused and enslaved is judged without appeal. This ends the career of the evil triad—the beast, the false prophet, and the devil—each consigned to unending judgment. The vision assures that evil’s head is crushed and cannot rise again. For the church, this declares not only survival but the complete removal of the deceiver. God’s justice is not partial or temporary; it is conclusive and everlasting in its verdict against the arch-enemy.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <FI>are<Fi> the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [are] both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.

Context

Following the destruction of the gathered armies, attention turns to the instigator himself. Verse 10 concludes the saga of Satan begun in verses 1–3 and resumed in verses 7–9. With the devil judged, the narrative pivots to the universal judgment of humanity in verses 11–15. The flow moves from the demise of the personal source of deception to the great assize before the throne, where all accounts are settled.

v.9And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

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v.11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Cross references

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

  • Revelation 20:8

    and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

  • Revelation 14:10

    he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

  • Revelation 19:20

    And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:

  • Revelation 20:14

    And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, eventhe lake of fire.

  • Revelation 16:13

    And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:

  • Revelation 20:2

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

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