Revelation 12:2

12:2 She ¹  was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling ²  to give birth.

Revelation 12:4

12:4 Now ³  the dragon’s ⁴  tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then ⁵  the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

[12:2]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[12:2]  ² tn Grk “and being tortured,” though βασανίζω (basanizw) in this context refers to birth pangs. BDAG 168 s.v. 2.b states, “Of birth-pangs (Anth. Pal. 9, 311 βάσανος has this mng.) Rv 12:2.” The καί (kai) has not been translated.

[12:4]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.

[12:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.