Revelation 13:1-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Beast From the Sea
13 I saw a beast rising out of the sea. He had ten horns with ten crowns on his horns, and seven heads with blasphemous names[a] on his heads. 2 The beast that I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority. 3 One of his heads seemed to have been fatally wounded,[b] but his fatal wound was healed.
And the whole world that followed the beast was amazed. 4 They worshipped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. They worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can go to war against him?” 5 The beast was also given a mouth that spoke arrogant and blasphemous things. He was given authority to do these things for forty-two months.
6 The beast opened his mouth to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and[c] those who dwell in heaven. 7 He was also given permission to wage war against the saints and to overcome them, as well as authority over every tribe and people and language and nation. 8 All those who make their home on the earth will worship the beast—those whose names have[d] not been written from the beginning of the world in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb that was slain.[e]
9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear:
10 If anyone is to be imprisoned,[f] he is going to be imprisoned.
If anyone is to be killed[g] with a sword, he is going to be killed with a sword.
Here patient endurance and confidence are needed by the saints.
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- Revelation 13:1 Some witnesses to the text read a blasphemous name.
- Revelation 13:3 Literally slaughtered to death
- Revelation 13:6 Or namely or that is.
- Revelation 13:8 Some witnesses to the text read the one whose name has.
- Revelation 13:8 Or written in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb that was slain from the beginning of the world.
- Revelation 13:10 A few witnesses to the text read The person who leads someone into prison.
- Revelation 13:10 A few witnesses to the text read If anyone kills.
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