^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. ^13:16He also caused⁴⁷ everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave⁴⁸) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. ^13:17Thus no one was allowed to buy⁴⁹ or sell things⁵⁰ unless he bore⁵¹ the mark of the beast—that is, his name or his number.⁵²

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Footnotes

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.
47 Or “forced”; Grk “makes” (ποιεῖ, poiei).
48 See the note on the word “servants” in .
49 Grk “and that no one be able to buy or sell.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Although the ἵνα (hina) is left untranslated, the English conjunction “thus” is used to indicate that this is a result clause.
50 The word “things” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. In the context of buying and selling, food could be primarily in view, but the more general “things” was used in the translation because the context is not specific.
51 Grk “except the one who had.”
52 Grk “his name or the number of his name.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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. Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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. And it makes everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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. And he causes all people, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, that they give them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and that no one was able to buy or to sell except the one who had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of his name.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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