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| [1]And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, `Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters, |
[1]Then there came one of the seven Angels, which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come: I will show thee the damnation of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters, |
| [2]with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;' |
[2]With whom have committed fornication the Kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication. |
| [3]and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of evil-speaking, having seven heads and ten horns, |
[3]So he carried me away into the wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, which had seven heads, and ten horns. |
| [4]and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom, |
[4]And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, and had a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornication. |
| [5]and upon her forehead was a name written: `Secret, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Whores, and the Abominations of the earth.' |
[5]And in her forehead was a name written, A Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of whoredoms, and abominations of the earth. |
| [6]And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder -- having seen her -- with great wonder; |
[6]And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great marvel. |
| [7]and the messenger said to me, `Wherefore didst thou wonder? I -- I will tell thee the secret of the woman and of the beast that [is] carrying her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns. |
[7]Then the Angel said unto me, Wherefore marvelest thou? I will show thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast, that beareth her, which hath seven heads, and ten horns. |
| [8]`The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is. |
[8]The beast that thou hast seen, was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomles pit, and shall go into perdition, and they that dwell on the earth, shall wonder (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. |
| [9]`Here [is] the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit, |
[9]Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sitteth: they are also seven Kings. |
| [10]and there are seven kings, the five did fall, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it behoveth him to remain a little time; |
[10]Five are fallen, and one is, and another is not yet come: and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. |
| [11]and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and out of the seven he is, and to destruction he doth go away. |
[11]And the beast that was, and is not, is even the eight, and is one of the seven, and shall go into destruction. |
| [12]`And the ten horns that thou sawest, are ten kings, who a kingdom did not yet receive, but authority as kings the same hour do receive with the beast, |
[12]And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten Kings, which yet have not received a kingdom, but shall receive power, as Kings at one hour with the beast. |
| [13]these have one mind, and their own power and authority to the beast they shall give over; |
[13]These have one mind, and shall give their power, and authority unto the beast. |
| [14]these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.' |
[14]These shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: and they that are on his side, called, and chosen, and faithful. |
| [15]And he saith to me, `The waters that thou didst see, where the whore doth sit, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues;' |
[15]And he said unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are people, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. |
| [16]and the ten horns that thou didst see upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her in fire, |
[16]And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, are they that shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. |
| [17]for God did give into their hearts to do its mind, and to make one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast till the sayings of God may be complete, |
[17]For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to do with one consent for to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God be fulfilled. |
| [18]and the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.' |
[18]And the woman which thou sawest, is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. |