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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.

Context of Revelation 12:8

6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 days. 7Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. 9This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels. 10Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth— the one who accuses them before our God day and night.

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 defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
• Psalms 13:4Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.
• Psalms 118:10Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
• Psalms 129:2From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.
• Jeremiah 1:19They will fight you, but they will fail. For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
• Jeremiah 5:22Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
• Matthew 16:18Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
• Romans 8:31What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
• Job 7:10They are gone forever from their home— never to be seen again.
• Job 8:18But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!
• Job 20:9Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again.
• Job 27:21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.
• Psalms 37:10Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.
• Acts 1:25as an apostle to replace Judas in this ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs.”
• Jude 1:6And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.

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