Revelation 13

1 and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.3 And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;4 and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? And who is able to war with him?5 and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.6 And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven.7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.9 If any man hath an ear, let him hear.10 If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto lamb, and he spake as a dragon.12 And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.13 And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men.14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him 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 who hath the stroke of the sword and lived.15 And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image to the breast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed.16 And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;17 and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.

Revelation 13

The Two Beasts

1 Thent I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. Itt had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns,ts and on its heads a blasphemous name.ss2 Nowt the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. Thet dragon gave the beastt his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.t3 One of the beast’st heads appeared to have been killed,t but the lethal wound had been healed.t And the whole world followedt the beast in amazement;4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authorityt to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?”t5 The beastt was given a mouth speaking proud wordst and blasphemies, and he was permittedt to exercise ruling authorityt for forty-two months.6 Sot the beastt opened his mouth to blaspheme against God – to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place,s that is, those who dwell in heaven.7 The beastt was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them.s He was given ruling authorityt over every tribe, people,t language, and nation,8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast,t everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the worldt in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.t

9 If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

10 If anyone is meant for captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed by the sword,s
then by the sword he must be killed.
Thist requires steadfast endurancet and faith from the saints.
11 Thent I saw another beasts coming up from the earth. Het had two horns like a lamb,t butt was speaking like a dragon.12 Het exercised all the ruling authorityt of the first beast on his behalf,t and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.13 Het performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of peoplet14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He toldts those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.15 The second beastt was empoweredt to give lifet to the image of the first beastt so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.16 He also causedt everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slavet) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.17 Thus no one was allowed to buyt or sell thingst unless he boret the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number.t

18 This calls for wisdom:t Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number,ts and his number is 666.s