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Revelation 13:17

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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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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 51 Grk “except the one who had.”
  4. 52 Grk “his name or the number of his name.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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)

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

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

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 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 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.