1 I stood on the sandy beach, I saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea; and I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.

2 A nd the beast that I saw resembled a leopard, but his feet were like those of a bear and his mouth was like that of a lion. And to him the dragon gave his might and power and his throne and great dominion.

And the beast which I saw was like to a leopardess, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as a lion's mouth; and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority;

3 A nd one of his heads seemed to have a deadly wound. But his death stroke was healed; and the whole earth went after the beast in amazement and admiration.

and one of his heads as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast.

4 T hey fell down and paid homage to the dragon, because he had bestowed on the beast all his dominion and authority; they also praised and worshiped the beast, exclaiming, Who is a match for the beast, and, Who can make war against him?

And they did homage to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who like to the beast? and who can make war with it?

5 A nd the beast was given the power of speech, uttering boastful and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom to exert his authority and to exercise his will during forty-two months (three and a half years).

And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.

6 A nd he opened his mouth to speak slanders against God, blaspheming His name and His abode, those who live in heaven.

And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven.

7 H e was further permitted to wage war on God’s holy people (the saints) and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,

And there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation;

8 A nd all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.

and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, whose name had not been written from founding of world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.

9 I f anyone is able to hear, let him listen:

If any one has an ear, let him hear.

10 W hoever leads into captivity will himself go into captivity; if anyone slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Herein is the patience and the faith and fidelity of the saints (God’s people).

If any one into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with sword, he must with sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

11 T hen I saw another beast rising up out of the land; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon.

And I saw another beast rising out of the earth; and it had two horns like to a lamb, and spake as a dragon;

12 H e exerts all the power and right of control of the former beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell upon it to exalt and deify the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed, and to worship him.

and it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those that dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.

13 H e performs great signs (startling miracles), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men’s sight.

And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men.

14 A nd because of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed to perform in the presence of the beast, he deceives those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the sword and still lived.

And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.

15 A nd he is permitted to impart the breath of life into the beast’s image, so that the statue of the beast could actually talk and cause to be put to death those who would not bow down and worship the image of the beast.

And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.

16 A lso he compels all, both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription '> stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads,

And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;

17 S o that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), the name of the beast or the number of his name.

and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

18 H ere is discernment '> of interpretation]. Let anyone who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number; his number is 666.

Here is wisdom. He that has understanding let him count the number of the beast: for it is a man's number; and its number six hundred sixty-six.