1 A nd I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,

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 that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon did give to 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 slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after 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 did bow before the dragon who did give authority to the beast, and they did bow before the beast, saying, `Who like to the beast? who is able to 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 to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-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 did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

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

7 a nd 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 tongue, and nation.

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 bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb 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 any one hath an ear -- let him hear:

If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10 i f any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance 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 A nd I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a 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 all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke 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 it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before 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 it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of 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 there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may 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 it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon 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 may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his 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 the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number 666.

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.