Revelation 12:15-13:7

English Standard Version

¹⁵ The serpent poured water ^(A)like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. ¹⁶ But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. ¹⁷ Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off ^(B)to make war on the rest of ^(C)her offspring, ^(D)on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to ^(E)the testimony of Jesus. And he stood^[a] on the sand of the sea.

The First Beast

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, ^(F)with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and ^(G)blasphemous names on its heads. ² And the beast that I saw was ^(H)like a leopard; its feet were like ^(I)a bear's, and its mouth was like ^(J)a lion's mouth. And to it ^(K)the dragon gave his power and ^(L)his throne and great authority. ³ One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and ^(M)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. ⁴ And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^(N)“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

⁵ And the beast was given ^(O)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^(P)forty-two months. ⁶ It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,^[b] that is, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ Also it was allowed ^(Q)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.^[c] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,