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OET (OET-RV) Another miraculous sign appeared in heaven, and wow, a huge, red dinosaur with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads.
OET-LV And was_seen another sign in the heaven:
and see, a_dragon red great having seven heads, and ten horns, and on the heads of_him seven crowns,
SR-GNT Καὶ ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ: καὶ ἰδοὺ, δράκων πυρρὸς μέγας ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ, καὶ κέρατα δέκα, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ διαδήματα, ‡
(Kai ōfthaʸ allo saʸmeion en tōi ouranōi: kai idou, drakōn purros megas eⱪōn kefalas hepta, kai kerata deka, kai epi tas kefalas autou hepta diadaʸmata,)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And another sign was seen in heaven: and behold, a large red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.
UST Then something else significant appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. It had a royal crown on each of its heads.
BSB § Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
BLB And another sign was seen in heaven, and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads, seven diadems.
AICNT And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems;
OEB Another portent also was seen in the heavens There was a great red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
WEBBE Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.
LSV And there was seen another sign in the sky, and behold, a great fire-colored dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads,
FBV Another sign appeared in heaven: a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven small crowns[fn] on his heads.
12:3 Or “diadems” (also 13:1). The Greek word used here is different to that used in 12:1.
TCNT Then another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
T4T Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown.
LEB And another sign appeared in heaven, and behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal headbands.[fn]
12:3 Or “diadem crowns”
BBE And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
Moff No Moff REV book available
Wymth And another marvel was seen in Heaven—a great fiery-red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns; and on his heads were seven kingly crowns.
ASV And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.
DRA And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns: and on his head seven diadems:
YLT And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,
Drby And another sign was seen in the heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems;
RV And there was seen another sign in heaven; and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.
Wbstr And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
KJB-1769 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
KJB-1611 [fn]And there appeared another wonder in heauen, and behold a great red dragon, hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
12:3 Or, signe.
Bshps And there appeared another wonder in heauen, for beholde, a great redde dragon, hauing seuen heades, and tenne hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heades.
(And there appeared another wonder in heaven, for behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.)
Gnva And there appeared another wonder in heaue: for beholde, a great red dragon hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads:
(And there appeared another wonder in heaven: for behold, a great red dragon having seven heads, and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads: )
Cvdl And there appeared another token in heauen, and beholde a greate reed dragon, hauinge seuen heades, and ten hornes and seue crownes vpo his heades:
(And there appeared another token in heaven, and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns and seven crowns upo his heads:)
TNT And ther appered another wonder in heven for beholde a gret red dragon havynge .vii. heddes and ten hornes and crounes vpon his heddes:
(And there appeared another wonder in heaven for behold a great red dragon having 7 heads and ten horns and crowns upon his heads: )
Wycl And another signe was seyn in heuene; and lo! a greet reede dragoun, that hadde seuene heedis, and ten hornes, and in the heedis of hym seuene diademes.
(And another sign was seen in heaven; and lo! a great reede dragoun, that had seven heads, and ten horns, and in the heads of him seven diademes.)
Luth Und es erschien ein ander Zeichen im Himmel; und siehe, ein großer, roter Drache, der hatte sieben Häupter und zehn Hörner und auf seinen Häuptern sieben Kronen.
(And it appeared a ander sign in_the heaven; and look, a großer, red dragon, the/of_the had seven Häupter and ten Hörner and on his Häuptern seven Kronen.)
ClVg Et visum est aliud signum in cælo: et ecce draco magnus rufus habens capita septem, et cornua decem: et in capitibus ejus diademata septem,[fn]
(And sight it_is something_else signum in cælo: and behold draco big rufus habens capita septem, and cornua decem: and in capitibus his diademata septem, )
12.3 Draco magnus. Non de magno effectu, sed de potentia et superbia draconis loquitur. Et cornua decem, etc. Id est regna et divitias quibus principes decalogum legis impugnant.
12.3 Draco big. Non about magno effectu, but about potentia and superbia draconis loquitur. And cornua ten, etc. That it_is regna and divitias to_whom principes decalogum legis impugnant.
UGNT καὶ ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ: καὶ ἰδοὺ, δράκων πυρρός μέγας ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ, καὶ κέρατα δέκα, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ διαδήματα,
(kai ōfthaʸ allo saʸmeion en tōi ouranōi: kai idou, drakōn purros megas eⱪōn kefalas hepta, kai kerata deka, kai epi tas kefalas autou hepta diadaʸmata,)
SBL-GNT καὶ ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἰδοὺ δράκων ⸂μέγας πυρρός⸃, ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ διαδήματα,
(kai ōfthaʸ allo saʸmeion en tōi ouranōi, kai idou drakōn ⸂megas purros⸃, eⱪōn kefalas hepta kai kerata deka kai epi tas kefalas autou hepta diadaʸmata,)
TC-GNT Καὶ ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἰδού, δράκων [fn]πυρὸς μέγας, ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ [fn]ἑπτὰ διαδήματα.
(Kai ōfthaʸ allo saʸmeion en tōi ouranōi, kai idou, drakōn puros megas, eⱪōn kefalas hepta kai kerata deka, kai epi tas kefalas autou hepta diadaʸmata. )
12:3 πυρος μεγας ¦ μεγας πυρρος BYZ ECM NA PCK SBL TR WH ¦ πυρρος μεγας ANT BYZ TH ¦ μεγας πυρος BYZ
12:3 επτα διαδηματα ¦ διαδηματα επτα TR
Key for above GNTs: orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
12:1-17 Satan (pictured as a dragon) plots to challenge God’s purposes but is thwarted. Having failed in direct confrontation with God and Christ, he attempts to attack God’s people. Three brief scenes present an overview of the story (12:1-6), followed by elaborations of the war in heaven (12:7-9) and the war on earth (12:13-17).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον
/was/_seen another sign
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [people saw another sign]
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
δράκων πυρρός μέγας
/a/_dragon (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἰδοὺ δράκων πυρρὸς μέγας ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ διαδήματα)
A dragon is a mythical monster that looks like a giant reptile. As 12:9 explains, in this book the dragon represents the devil. If your readers would not be familiar with what a dragon is, you could use a general expression in your translation. Alternate translation: [a large red monster]