^13:11Then³² I saw another beast³³ coming up from the earth. He³⁴ had two horns like a lamb,³⁵ but³⁶ was speaking like a dragon. ^13:12He³⁷ exercised all the ruling authority³⁸ of the first beast on his behalf,³⁹ and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed. ^13:13He⁴⁰ performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people⁴¹^13:14and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told⁴² those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. ^13:15The second beast⁴³ was empowered⁴⁴ to give life⁴⁵ to the image of the first beast⁴⁶ so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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Footnotes

32 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
33 This second beast is identified in Rev 16:13 as “the false prophet.”
34 Grk “and it had,” a continuation of the preceding sentence. On the use of the pronoun “he” to refer to the second beast, see the note on the word “It” in .
35 Or perhaps, “like a ram.” Here L&N 4.25 states, “In the one context in the NT, namely, Re 13:11, in which ἀρνίον refers literally to a sheep, it is used in a phrase referring to the horns of an ἀρνίον. In such a context the reference is undoubtedly to a ‘ram,’ that is to say, the adult male of sheep.” In spite of this most translations render the word “lamb” here to maintain the connection between this false lamb and the true Lamb of the Book of Revelation, Jesus Christ.
36 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
37 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
38 For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.
39 For this meaning see ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.”
40 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
41 This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos), referring to both men and women.
42 Grk “earth, telling.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek. He told followed by an infinitive (“to make an image …”) is sufficiently ambiguous in Greek that it could be taken as “he ordered” (so ) or “he persuaded” (so ).
43 Grk “it”; the referent (the second beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
44 Grk “it was given [permitted] to it [the second beast].”
45 Grk “breath,” but in context the point is that the image of the first beast is made to come to life and speak.
46 Grk “of the beast”; the word “first” has been supplied to specify the referent.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. It also performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people. It deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. It was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw another beast coming up from the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he was speaking like a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast on behalf of him, and he causes the earth and those who live in it to worship the first beast whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performs great signs, so that he even causes fire from heaven to come down to the earth before people. And he deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it has been granted to him to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword and yet lived. And it was given to him to put breath into the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast both spoke and caused that all those, unless they worshiped the image of the beast, should be killed.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

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