God’s Word Translation
Revelation 12:6
6Then the woman fled into the wilderness where God had prepared a place for her so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Revelation 12:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
- New International Version (NIV)The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Context of Revelation 12:6
4Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. 5She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne. Then the woman fled into the wilderness where God had prepared a place for her so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. 7Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels had to fight a war with the serpent. The serpent and its angels fought. 8But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
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καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἔφυγεν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὅπου ἔχει ἐκεῖ τόπον ἡτοιμασμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ἐκεῖ τρέφωσιν αὐτὴν ἡμέρας χιλίας διακοσίας ἑξήκοντα.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- the womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
- fledφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
- whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
- she hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- a placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
- preparedἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
- ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- they should feedτρέφωtrephō · to feedG5142
- herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
- a thousandχίλιοιchilioi · thousandG5507
- two hundredδιακόσιοιdiakosioi · two hundredG1250
- threescoreἑξήκονταhexēkonta · sixtyG1835
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
Cross-references for Revelation 12:6
- Revelation 12:4Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born.
- 1 Kings 17:3“Leave here, turn east, and hide beside the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.
- 1 Kings 19:4Then he traveled through the wilderness for a day. He sat down under a broom plant and wanted to die. “I’ve had enough now, Lord,” he said. “Take my life! I’m no better than my ancestors.”
- Matthew 4:11Then the devil left him, and angels came to take care of him.
- Revelation 11:2But do not measure the temple courtyard. Leave that out, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Commentaries on Revelation 12:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And the woman fled into the wilderness - The account of the woman's flying into the wilderness immediately follows that of her child being caught up to the throne of God, to denote the great and rapid increase of heresies in the Christian Church after the time that Christianity was made the religion of the empire. Where she hath a place prepared of God - See on Revelation 12:14; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And the woman - The woman representing the church. See the notes at Revelation 12:1. Fled - That is, she fled in the manner, and at the time, stated in Revelation 12:14. John here evidently anticipates, by a summary statement, what he relates more in detail in Revelation 12:14-17. He had referred Revelation 12:2-5 to what occurred to the child in its persecutions, and he here alludes, in general, to what befell the true church as compelled to flee into…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Like the people of Israel who were spiritually refined in the wilderness (see Hosea 2:14–15; Acts 7:38–45) and in exile in Babylon (see Isaiah 5:13; Ezekiel 12:1–3), the Christian church must face its own challenges. Revelation shares messages of endurance and perseverance during difficult times and shows that God provides places of refuge and ways to escape for his people (compare 1 Corinthians 10:13). 1,260 days: See study note on Revelation 11:2–3.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. woman fled--Mary's flight with Jesus into Egypt is a type of this. where she hath--So C reads. But A and B add "there." a place--that portion of the heathen world which has received Christianity professedly, namely, mainly the fourth kingdom, having its seat in the modern Babylon, Rome, implying that all the heathen world would not be Christianized in the present order of things. prepared of God--literally, "from God." Not by human caprice or fear, but…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
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