Revelation 20:10

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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WEBBE

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

BSB

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

KJV

And 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.

ASV

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

BBE

And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ὁ ho the G3588 διάβολος diabolos devil G1228 ὁ ho who G3588 πλανῶν planōn is deceiving G4105 αὐτοὺς autous them G846 ἐβλήθη eblēthē he was cast G906 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn the G3588 λίμνην limnēn lake G3041 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 πυρὸς puros of fire G4442 καὶ kai and G2532 θείου theiou of sulfur G2303 ὅπου hopou where [are] G3699 καὶ kai also G2532 τὸ to the G3588 θηρίον thērion beast G2342 καὶ kai and G2532 ὁ ho the G3588 ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophētēs false prophet G5578 καὶ kai and G2532 βασανισθήσονται basanisthēsontai they will be tormented G928 ἡμέρας hēmeras day G2250 καὶ kai and G2532 νυκτὸς nuktos night G3571 εἰς eis to G1519 τοὺς tous the G3588 αἰῶνας aiōnas ages G165 τῶν tōn of the G3588 αἰώνων.¶ aiōnōn ages G165

The early church

John goes on to state succinctly the full punishment that is to be meted out in the last judgment to the hostile city and its prince, the devil.… Why has the church been so intolerant with those who defend the view that, however greatly and however long the devil is to be punished, he can be promised ultimately that all will be purged or pardoned? Certainly it is not because so many of the church's saints and biblical scholars have begrudged the devil and his angels a final cleansing and the beatitude of the kingdom of heaven. Nor is it because of any lack of feeling for so many and such high angels that must suffer such great and enduring pain. This is not a matter of feeling but of fact. The fact is that there is no way of waiving or weakening the words that the Lord has told us that he will pronounce in the last judgment: "Depart from me, accursed ones, into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels." In this way he showed plainly that it is an eternal fire in which the devil and his angels are to burn. Then we have the words of the Apocalypse: "and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever." In the one text we have "everlasting," in the other, "forever and ever." These are words that have a single meaning in the divine Scripture, namely, of unending duration.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–10

While this world lasts, Satan's power in it will not be wholly destroyed, though it may be limited and lessened. No sooner is Satan let loose, than he again begins deceiving the nations, and stirring them up to make war with the saints and servants of God. It would be well if the servants and ministers of Christ were as active and persevering in doing good, as his enemies in doing mischief. God will fight this last and decisive battle for his people, that the victory may be complete, and the glory be to himself.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.