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 saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten crowns, and upon its heads the name 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 unto a leopard, and its feet were as the feet of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave 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 I saw one of its heads as it were wounded to death; and its deadly wound was healed; and all the earth marveled, and followed 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 worshipped the dragon which had given the authority unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast; saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to 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 unto it a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto it to continue forty and 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 in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those that dwell in 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 it was given unto it to make war with the saints and to overcome them; and power was given it over all kindreds and tongues and nations.
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 upon the earth shall worship it, whose names are not written in the book of the life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.
9 I f anyone is able to hear, let him listen:
If anyone 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).
He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience 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.
¶ Then I beheld another beast coming up out of the land; and he had two horns like the Lamb, but he spoke as the 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 he exercised all the power of the first beast in its presence and caused the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound 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 he does great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven to the earth in the sight of 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 deceives those that dwell on the earth by those signs which were given unto him to do in the presence of the beast, commanding those that dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast, which has the wound by the sword, and did live.
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 unto him to endue the image of the beast with spirit, so that the image of the beast should speak, and he shall cause those that do not worship the image of the beast to 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 he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slaves, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads;
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 might buy or sell, unless he has the mark or 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. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for the number of man; and its number is six hundred sixty-six.