1 ¶ 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.

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.

2 A nd 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.

Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

3 A nd 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.

And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.

4 A nd 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?

So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

5 A nd there was given unto it a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto it to continue forty and two months.

And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.

6 A nd it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven.

Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.

7 A nd 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.

It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

8 A nd 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.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 I f anyone has an ear, let him hear.

If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10 H e 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.

He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. The Beast from the Earth

11 ¶ 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.

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

12 A nd 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.

And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 A nd he does great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven to the earth in the sight of men

He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

14 a nd 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.

And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

15 A nd 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.

He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

16 A nd 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;

He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

17 a nd that no one might buy or sell, unless he has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of its name.

and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 H ere 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.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.