Revelation 13:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
so 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.

New Living Translation
And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.

English Standard Version
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Berean Study Bible
so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

New American Standard Bible
and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

NASB 1995
and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

NASB 1977
and he provides that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Amplified Bible
and that no one will be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Christian Standard Bible
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast's name or the number of his name.

Contemporary English Version
they all had to have this mark, or else they could not buy or sell anything. This mark stood for the name of the beast and for the number of its name.

Good News Translation
No one could buy or sell without this mark, that is, the beast's name or the number that stands for the name.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It does this so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the brand, which is the beast's name or the number of its name.

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

NET Bible
Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast--that is, his name or his number.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

New King James Version
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.

King James 2000 Bible
And that no man might buy or sell, except he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

New Heart English Bible
and that no one could be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

World English Bible
and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

American King James Version
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

American Standard Version
and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

A Faithful Version
So that no one may have the ability to buy and sell unless he has the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Webster's Bible Translation
And that no man might buy or sell, save him that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And that no man might buy or sell, saue hee that had the marke, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And that no man myght bye or sell, saue he that had the marke or ye name of the beast, other ye number of his name.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And that no man might by or sell, saue he yt had ye marke, or the name of the beest, ether the nombre of his name.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And that no ma myght by or sell save he that had the marke or the name of the beest other the nombre of his name.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and 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.

Berean Literal Bible
and that no one should be able to buy or to sell, if not the one having the mark--the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

Young's Literal Translation
and 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And that no one could buy or sell, except he having the stamp, or the name of the wild beast, or the number of his name.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And so that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except the one having the mark- the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Catholic Public Domain Version
so that no one may buy or sell, unless he has the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That no one may buy or sell again except one who has the mark of the name of The Beast or the number of its name.

Lamsa Bible
So that no man might buy or sell, except he who had the mark of the name of the beast, or the code number of his name.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and that no one should be able to buy or sell, but he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Godbey New Testament
that no one may be able to buy or sell, except the one having the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Haweis New Testament
and that no man may buy or sell, but he that hath the mark impressed, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Mace New Testament
that no body should buy or sell unless he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Weymouth New Testament
in order that no one should be allowed to buy or sell unless he had the mark--either the name of the Wild Beast or the number which his name represents.

Worrell New Testament
and that no one should be able to buy or sell, except him who has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Worsley New Testament
but he that hath the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
















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