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Revelation 17:5

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5And on her forehead was written a name of kmystery: l“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”

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Cross references

  1. kver. 7; 2 Thess. 2:7
  2. lSee ch. 14:8

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The name written on her forehead was a mystery:

babylon the great

the mother of prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

A mysterious name was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.