And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Parallel translations
- WEB They didn’t prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
- BSB But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
- NKJV but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
- NASB and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
- NLT And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
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Quick answer
The dragon and his angels lose, and there is no longer any place for them in heaven. Satan is decisively defeated and expelled.
Overview
The enemy "did not prevail"—a flat statement of total defeat. No place remains for the accuser in God's presence, signaling that his power to stand before God against the saints is broken. This victory is grounded in Christ's redeeming work. It assures the church that the adversary, however fierce on earth, has already lost the decisive battle in heaven.
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Cross-references · 15
- Ps 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
- Rev 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
- Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Jer 1:19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
- Ps 13:4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
- Matt 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Ps 129:2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
- Rom 8:31–39What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Job 8:18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
- Job 7:10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
- Job 27:21–23The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
- Jer 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Acts 1:25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
- Job 20:9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
- Ps 118:10–13All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
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