¹⁷And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to fight against^f the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus. ¹⁸And he stood on the sand of the sea.

The First Beast from the Sea

13And I saw coming up out of the sea a beast that had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten royal headbands,^a and on its heads a blasphemous name.^b ²And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority. ³And one of its heads appeared as though slaughtered to death, and its fatal wound^c had been healed. And the whole earth was astonished and followed after the beast. ⁴And they worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him?

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Footnotes

fLiterally “to make war with”
aOr “ten diadem crowns”
bSome manuscripts read “blasphemous names”
cLiterally “wound of death”