The First Beast

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, (A)with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and (B)blasphemous names on its heads.

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And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great (A)red dragon, (B)with seven heads and (C)ten horns, and on his heads (D)seven diadems.

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And (A)he carried me away in the Spirit (B)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on (C)a scarlet beast that was full of (D)blasphemous names, and (E)it had seven heads and ten horns.

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And when they have finished their testimony, (A)the beast that rises from (B)the bottomless pit[a] (C)will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:7 Or the abyss

36 “And the king shall (A)do as he wills. (B)He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, (C)and shall speak astonishing things against (D)the God of gods. (E)He shall prosper (F)till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.

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23 “Thus he said: ‘As for (A)the fourth beast,

there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth,
    which shall be different from all the kingdoms,
and it shall devour the whole earth,
    and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
24 As for the ten horns,
out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise,
    and another shall arise after them;
he shall be different from the former ones,
    and shall put down three kings.
25 (B)He shall speak words against the Most High,
    and shall wear out the saints of the Most High,
    and shall think to (C)change the times and the law;
and they shall be given into his hand
    for (D)a time, times, and half a time.

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After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, (A)terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; (B)it devoured and broke in pieces (C)and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and (D)it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and behold, (E)there came up among them another horn, a little one, (F)before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and (G)a mouth speaking great things.

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Daniel declared,[a] “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, (A)the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts (B)came up out of the sea, different from one another.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:2 Aramaic answered and said

16 And (A)the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast (B)will hate the prostitute. They will make her (C)desolate and (D)naked, and (E)devour her flesh and (F)burn her up with fire,

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But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you (A)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. The beast that you saw (B)was, and is not, and (C)is about to rise from (D)the bottomless pit[a] and (E)go to destruction. And (F)the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in (G)the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because (H)it was and is not and is to come. (I)This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast (J)that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12 And (K)the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings (L)for one hour, together with the beast.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:8 Greek the abyss

And I saw (A)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those (B)who had conquered the beast and its image and (C)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass (D)with harps of God in their hands.

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19 “Then I desired to know the truth about (A)the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, 20 (B)and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions.

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22 (A)Do you not fear me? declares the Lord.
    Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand (B)as the boundary for the sea,
    a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
    though (C)they roar, they cannot pass over it.

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And the beast was given (A)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for (B)forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:6 Or tabernacle

(A)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, (B)unless the rebellion comes first, and (C)the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, (D)the son of destruction,[b] who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, (E)proclaiming himself to be God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)

And on her forehead was written a name of (A)mystery: (B)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”

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