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| [1]And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, |
[1]And he stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast of prey come up from the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads; and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. |
| [2]and the beast that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon did give to it his power, and his throne, and great authority. |
[2]And the beast of prey which I saw, was like a leopard; and his feet like [those] of a wolf, and his mouth like the mouth of lions: and the dragon gave to him his own power and his throne, and great authority. |
| [3]And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast, |
[3]And one of his heads was wounded as it were to death; and his deadly wound was healed. And all the earth wondered after the beast of prey. |
| [4]and they did bow before the dragon who did give authority to the beast, and they did bow before the beast, saying, `Who [is] like to the beast? who is able to war with it?' |
[4]And they worshipped the dragon, because he had given authority to this beast of prey, and [they said], who can make war upon him? |
| [5]And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months, |
[5]And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and authority was given him to operate forty and two months. |
| [6]and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle, |
[6]And he opened his mouth in blasphemy towards God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and them who dwell in heaven. |
| [7]and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. |
[7]And authority was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation: and it was given him to wage war with the saints, and to overcome them. |
| [8]And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world; |
[8]And all that dwell on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him. |
| [9]if any one hath an ear -- let him hear: |
[9]If any one hath ears, let him hear. |
| [10]if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints. |
[10]If [any one] carrieth into captivity, he shall himself go into captivity; and if any one slayeth with the sword, he must be slain with the sword: here is the patience and the faith of the saints. |
| [11]And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon, |
[11]And I saw another beast of prey, which came out of the earth; and he had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke like the dragon. |
| [12]and all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke was healed, |
[12]And before him he exercised all the authority of the first beast of prey, whose deadly wound was healed. |
| [13]and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men, |
[13]And he wrought great signs, even so as to make fire come down from heaven upon the earth, before men. |
| [14]and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live, |
[14]And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, to erect an image to the beast of prey who had the wound from a sword and recovered. |
| [15]and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and [that] it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed. |
[15]And it was given him to put life into the image of the beast of prey; and to cause that all they who would not worship the image of the beast of prey, should be slain: |
| [16]And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads, |
[16]and to cause that all, great and small, rich and poor, bond and free, should receive a mark on their right hands, or upon their foreheads; |
| [17]and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. |
[17]so that no one might be able to buy or to sell, except those who had the mark of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his name. |
| [18]Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number [is] 666. |
[18]Here is wisdom: let him that hath intelligence, compute the number of the beast of prey; for it is the number of a man: and its number is six hundred and sixty and six. |