KJV King James Version
[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
WEB World English Bible
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
ASV American Standard Version
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
him, whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,
Surrounding context — 2 Thessalonians 2
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὗG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐστινG1510 · eimito beἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαρουσίαG3952 · parousiacomingκατ᾽G2596 · kataaccording toἐνέργειανG1753 · energeiaactive energyτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoσατανᾶG4567 · SatanasSatanἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπάσῃG3956 · pasallδυνάμειG1411 · dunamispowerκαὶG2532 · kaiandσημείοιςG4592 · sēmeionsignκαὶG2532 · kaiandτέρασινG5059 · teraswondersψεύδουςG5579 · pseudoslie
Cross-references
Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.Ephesians 2:2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.John 4:48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect.Deuteronomy 13:1-2If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.John 8:41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.Revelation 13:11-15And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.Revelation 12:17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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