Revelation 12:8

Revelation 12:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.

Context of Revelation 12:8

6and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. 7Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

Revelation 12:8 word by word

καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν, οὐδὲ τόπος εὑρέθη αὐτῶν ἔτι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• prevailedἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
• notοὐou · noG3756
• neitherοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• wasεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• any moreἔτιeti · stillG2089
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• heavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Revelation 12:8

• Revelation 12:11And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
• Psalms 13:4lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
• Psalms 118:10All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
• Psalms 129:2"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
• Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you."
• Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
• Matthew 16:18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Job 7:10he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore.
• Job 8:18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, 'I have never seen you.'
• Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him.
• Job 27:21The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
• Psalms 37:10In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
• Acts 1:25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."
• Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

Commentaries on Revelation 12:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And prevailed not - Against the cause of Christianity. Neither was their place found any more in heaven - The advocates of the heathen idolatry were prevented from having any farther share in the government of the empire. The wonderful success of Constantine over all his enemies, and his final triumph over Licinius, correspond exactly to the symbolical language in this verse.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And prevailed not - Satan and his angels failed in their purpose. Neither was their place found any more in heaven - They were cast out, and were seen there no more. The idea is, that they were defeated and driven away, though for a time they were suffered to carry on the warfare elsewhere.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. The parties were Christ, the great Angel of the covenant, and his faithful followers; and Satan and his instruments. The strength of the church is in having the Lord Jesus for the Captain of their salvation. Pagan idolatry, which was the worship of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9This scene reveals the dragon’s identity and power. God sends Michael, the warrior archangel (see Daniel 12:1; Jude 1:9), to face the dragon and his angels. God does not need to fight the battle himself (see Matthew 26:53), and Satan is defeated.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. prevailed not--A and Coptic read, "He prevailed not." But B and C read as English Version. neither--A, B, and C read, "not even" (Greek, "oude"): a climax. Not only did they not prevail, but not even their place was found any more in heaven. There are four gradations in the ever deeper downfall of Satan: (1) He is deprived of his heavenly excellency, though having still access to heaven as man's accuser, up to Christ's first coming. As heaven was not…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Revelation 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings