1 T hen 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.

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 N ow 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.

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 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.

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 S o 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?”

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

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 T hen he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell 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 I t 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.

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 ll 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.

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 has an ear, let him hear.

If any one has an ear, let him hear.

10 H e 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

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 coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke 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 A nd 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.

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

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

14 A nd 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.

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 H e 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.

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 H e causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand 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 a nd 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.

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