Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and ^cseven heads, and on his horns were ^dten diadems, and on his heads were ^eblasphemous names.

²And the beast which I saw was ^alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^ca lion. And the ^ddragon gave him his power and his ^ethrone and great authority.

³And I saw one of his heads as if it had been ¹slain fatally, and his ^afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^bmarveled and followed after the beast.

⁴And they worshiped the ^adragon because he ^bgave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^cWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

⁵And there was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^bforty-two months was given to him.

⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^athose who ¹dwell in heaven.

⁷And it was also given to him to ^amake war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

⁸And all who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain.

⁹^aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰^aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe perseverance and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he was speaking as a ^cdragon.

¹²And he ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ¹^bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed.

¹³And he ^adoes great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

¹⁴And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which were given to him to do ¹^din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who ^*had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life.

¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they ¹be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead,

¹⁷and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name.

¹⁸^aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^bof man; and his number is ¹666.

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Footnotes

1Lit he
2Lit sea
1Lit slaughtered to death
1Lit great things
1Or tabernacle
1Or written in the book … slain from the foundation of the world
1Or leads into captivity
1Or by his authority
1Or by the authority of
*Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
1One early ms speak, and he will cause
1Lit that they give them a mark
1One early ms 616

Cross references

a Dan 7:3; Rev 11:7; 13:14, 15; 15:2; 16:13; 17:8
b Rev 12:3
c Rev 12:3
d Rev 12:3; 17:12
e Dan 7:8; 11:36; Rev 17:3
a Dan 7:6; Hos 13:7f
b Dan 7:5
c Dan 7:4
d Rev 12:3; 13:4, 12
e Rev 2:13; 16:10
a Rev 13:12, 14
b Rev 17:8
a Rev 12:3; 13:2, 12
b Rev 12:3; 13:2, 12
c Ex 15:11; Is 46:5; Rev 18:18
a Dan 7:8, 11, 20, 25; 11:36; 2 Thess 2:3f
b Rev 11:2
a Rev 7:15; 12:12
a Dan 7:21; Rev 11:7
b Rev 5:9
a Rev 3:10; 13:12, 14
b Rev 3:5
c Matt 25:34; Rev 17:8
d Ps 69:28
e Rev 5:6
a Rev 2:7
a Is 33:1; Jer 15:2; 43:11
b Gen 9:6; Matt 26:52; Rev 11:18
c Heb 6:12; Rev 14:12
a Rev 13:1; 16:13
b Dan 8:3
c Rev 13:4
a Rev 13:4
b Rev 13:14; 19:20
c Rev 13:8
d Rev 13:15; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4
e Rev 13:3
a Matt 24:24; Rev 16:14; 19:20
b 1 Kin 18:38; Luke 9:54; Rev 11:5; 20:9
a Rev 12:9
b Rev 13:8
c 2 Thess 2:9f
d Rev 13:12; 19:20
e Rev 13:3
a Dan 3:3ff
b Rev 13:12; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4
a Rev 11:18; 19:5, 18
b Gal 6:17; Rev 7:3; 14:9; 20:4
a Gal 6:17; Rev 7:3; 14:9; 20:4
b Rev 14:11
c Rev 15:2
a Rev 17:9
b Rev 21:17