en_tn/rev/12/15.md

# serpent

This is the same being as the dragon mentioned earlier in [Revelation 12:9](./07.md).

# like a river

The water flowed from his mouth like a river flows. AT: "in large volume" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# to sweep her away

"to wash her away"

# The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon was pouring out of his mouth

The earth is spoken of as if it were a living thing, and a hole in the earth is spoken of as if it were a mouth that could drink up the water. AT: "A hole in the ground opened up and the water went down into the hole" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# dragon

This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. The dragon is also identified in verse 9 as "the devil or Satan." See how you translated this in [Revelation 12:3](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# hold to the testimony about Jesus

The word "testimony" can be translated as a verb. AT: "continue to testify about Jesus"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serpent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# serpent`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the same being as the dragon mentioned earlier in [Revelation 12:9](./07.md).`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# like a river`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The water flowed from his mouth like a river flows. AT: "in large volume" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# to sweep her away`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"to wash her away"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon was pouring out of his mouth`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The earth is spoken of as if it were a living thing, and a hole in the earth is spoken of as if it were a mouth that could drink up the water. AT: "A hole in the ground opened up and the water went down into the hole" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])`

			`# dragon`

			`This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. The dragon is also identified in verse 9 as "the devil or Satan." See how you translated this in [Revelation 12:3](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])`

			`# hold to the testimony about Jesus`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The word "testimony" can be translated as a verb. AT: "continue to testify about Jesus"`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serpent]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/command]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]`