1 I stood on the sand by the sea-shore. There I saw a wild animal coming up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns with a crown on each horn. There were names on each head that spoke bad words against God.

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 T he wild animal I saw was covered with spots. It had feet like those of a bear. It had a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave this wild animal his own power and his own throne as king. The wild animal was given much power.

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 O ne of the heads of the wild animal looked as if it had been killed. But the bad cut given to kill him was healed. The whole world was surprised and wondered about this, and they followed after the wild animal.

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 worshiped the dragon for giving this wild animal such power. And they worshiped this wild animal. They said, “Who is like this wild animal? Who can fight against it?”

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 T he animal was given a mouth which spoke words full of pride and it spoke very bad things against the Lord. It was given much power 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 A nd it opened its mouth speaking very bad things against God. It spoke against God’s name and His house and against those living 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 allowed to fight against the people who belong to God, and it had power to win over them. It had power over every family and every group of people and over people of every language and every 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 E very person on the earth from the beginning of the world whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb Who was killed will worship this animal.

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 Y ou have ears! Then listen.

If any one has an ear, let him hear.

10 W hoever is to be tied and held will be held. Whoever kills with a sword must himself be killed with a sword. Now is when God’s people must have faith and not give up. The Second Animal—from the Land

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 wild animal coming out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb. His voice was like that of the 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 used the power of the first wild animal who was there with him. He made all the people on earth worship the first wild animal who had received the bad cut to kill him but 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 T he second wild animal did great powerful works. It spoke and made those who did not worship the first wild animal to be killed.

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

14 H e fooled the men of the earth by doing powerful works. He did these things in front of the first wild animal. He told those who live on the earth to make a god that looks like the first wild animal. The first wild animal was the one that was cut by the sword but 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 T he second wild animal was given power to give life to the false god. This false god was the one that was made to look like the first wild animal. It was given power to talk. All those who did not worship it would die.

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 T he second wild animal made every person have a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. It was given to important men and to those not important, to rich men and poor men, to those who are free and to those who are servants.

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 N o one could buy or sell anything unless he had the mark on him. This mark was the name of the first wild animal or another way to write 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 T his is wisdom. Let the person who has good understanding learn the meaning of the other way to write the name of the first wild animal. This name is a man’s name. It 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.