Translation
With its tail
it sweeps a third of
the stars out of heaven
and cast them to the earth.
The DRAGON stands before the woman who is about to give birth so that when she does give birth to her child
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Paraphrase
His animalistic characteristics sweep a portion of, but not all of
the angels out of heaven
and threw them violently to the earth.
THE GREAT DECEIVER stands ready before the woman who is about to give birth so that when she does give birth to her child, he can destroy it.
Footnotes
1: “child”
This Greek word is neither masculine, nor feminine; it is neuter, and it simply means “child.”