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Where in the bible does it say that it is better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven?
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven", and it's in Milton's "Paradise Lost", not the Bible.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
That's from Milton's "Paradise Lost", not the Bible. Acutally the correct quote is "Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n". Book 1, line 263.
For that matter, the whole story of Satan being a fallen angel comes from that book, and not the Bible either.
(And no, the Isiah quote about "Lucifer" has nothing to do Satan. It was only in the KJV Bible that "lucifer" became "Lucifer". The word "lucifer" itself came when St. Jerome first translated the Hebrew scriptures to Latin, and used that word for heyel, "bringer of light". The passage compares a king's lost reign to the descent of Venus in the night sky.)
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- The PaulLv 51 decade ago
That's from one of those famous Hell poems. Inferno or Paradise Lost or something. It's out of context, too.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
it's from Dante, or it's from Milton's Paradise Lost
and its better to serve in heaven
- miyuki & kyojinLv 71 decade ago
Achilles said something like this in the "Odyssey", and I think Lucifer did in Dante's "Inferno". It is not in the bible.