Revelation 13 NIV ISV Parallel

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1The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

1I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns, seven heads, and ten royal crowns on its horns. On its heads were blasphemous names.

2The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.

2The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear's feet, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power, his throne, and complete authority.

3One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.

3One of the beast's heads looked like it had sustained a mortal wound, but its fatal wound was healed. Rapt with amazement, the whole world followed the beast.

4People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?"

4They worshipped the dragon because it had given authority to the beast. They also worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can fight a war with it?"

5The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.

5The beast was allowed to speak arrogant and blasphemous things, and it was given authority for 42 months.

6It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.

6It uttered blasphemies against God, against his name, and against his residence, that is, against those who are living in heaven.

7It was given power to wage war against God's holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.

7It was allowed to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

8All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.

8All those who had become settled down and at home, living on the earth, will worship it, everyone whose name had not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the lamb that had been slaughtered since the foundation of the world.

9Whoever has ears, let them hear.

9Let everyone listen:

10"If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed." This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God's people.

10If anyone is to be taken captive, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with a sword, with a sword he will be killed. Here is a call for endurance and faith of the saints:

11Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.

11I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it talked like a dragon.

12It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.

12It uses all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and those living on it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

13And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.

13It performs spectacular signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people.

14Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

14It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.

15The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.

15The second beast was allowed to impart life to the image of the first beast so that the image of the beast could talk and order the execution of those who would not worship the image of the beast.

16It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,

16The second beast forces all people—important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves—to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,

17so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

17so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast's name or the number of its name.

18This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.

18In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding calculate the total number of the beast, because it is a human total number, and the sum of the number is 666.

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