Revelation 12:8 (GNV)

Passage

But they preuailed not, neither was their place found any more in heauen.

Nearby Context

Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into wildernes where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feede her there a thousande, two hundreth and three score dayes.

Revelation 12:7 And there was a battell in heauen, Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels.

Revelation 12:8 But they preuailed not, neither was their place found any more in heauen.

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loude voyce in heauen, saying, Now is saluation, and strength, and the kingdome of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, which accused them before our God day and night.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "preuailed", "neither", "place", "found", and "heauen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "preuailed" and "neither", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And there was a battell in heauen..." into verse 9's "And the great dragon that olde serpent...", so "preuailed" and "neither" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "preuailed" and "neither" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.