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Revelation 12:5

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

KJV

καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱόν ἄρσεν, ὃς μέλλει ποιμαίνειν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ· καὶ ἡρπάσθη τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ πρὸς τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Et peperit filium masculum, qui recturus erat omnes gentes in virga ferrea : et raptus est filius ejus ad Deum, et ad thronum ejus,

Vulgate

And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.

ASV

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
ποιμαίνω
poimaino
verb · 11×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σιδήρεος
sidereos
adjective · 5×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
τίκτω
tikto
verb · 18×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἁρπάζω
arpazo
verb · 14×
ἄῤῥην
arren
adjective · 9×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ῥάβδος
rabdos
noun · 12×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἄρσεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἄρσεν | RP: ἄρρενα
  • ἄρσενSBLGNT
  • ἄρσενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἄρρεναRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Prophecy

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
  • 2Cor 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
  • Isa 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Matt 1:25 — And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
  • Mic 5:3 — Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
  • Ps 2:9 — Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
  • Ps 2:9 — Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
  • Rev 2:26 — And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
  • Rev 2:27 — And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
  • Rev 4:2 — And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
  • Rev 11:12 — And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
  • Rev 11:12 — And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
  • Rev 12:2 — And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
  • Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
  • Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God