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Revelation 13 Darby Translation

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • NT: Critical text
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Very literal
  • 1890
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

1 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 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 and one of his heads [was] as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast. 4 And they did homage to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who [is] like to the beast? and who can make war with it? 5 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 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 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 and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, [every one] whose name had not been written from [the] founding of [the] world in the book of life of the slain Lamb. 9 If any one has an ear, let him hear. 10 If any one [leads] into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with [the] sword, he must with [the] sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints. 11 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 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 And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men. 14 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 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 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 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 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 [is] six hundred [and] sixty-six.

Cross references (18)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 17:3; Daniel 7:23–25; Revelation 11:7; Daniel 7:7–8
  2. 2 Daniel 7:4–7; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 17:12; Revelation 20:2; Revelation 12:9
  3. 3 Revelation 17:8; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 17:10; Revelation 17:17; Ezekiel 30:24
  4. 4 Revelation 13:2; Revelation 18:18; Revelation 13:12–13; Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:15
  5. 5 Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:25; Revelation 12:6; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 7:11
  6. 6 Revelation 12:12; Matthew 15:19; Hebrews 9:24; Matthew 12:34; Revelation 19:1–6
  7. 7 Daniel 7:21; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 12:17; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:1
  8. 8 1 Peter 1:19–20; Ephesians 1:4; Matthew 25:34; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 3:5
  9. 9 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:29
  10. 10 Jeremiah 15:2; Isaiah 33:1; Revelation 14:12; Revelation 3:10; Luke 21:19
  11. 11 Daniel 7:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Matthew 7:15; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 16:13
  12. 12 Revelation 17:10–11; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 13:3–4
  13. 13 Matthew 24:24; Revelation 16:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10; Revelation 19:20; Deuteronomy 13:1–3
  14. 14 Revelation 19:20; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 13:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:3–4
  15. 15 Revelation 16:2; Daniel 3:3–6; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 17:6
  16. 16 Revelation 20:4; Revelation 19:20; Ezekiel 9:4; Deuteronomy 6:8; Revelation 14:9–11
  17. 17 Revelation 13:16; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 22:4; Revelation 13:18
  18. 18 Revelation 15:2; Revelation 17:9; Revelation 21:17; Daniel 12:10; Revelation 1:3

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 13:2 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapters XXVII–XXVIII)

    Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints." After this he likewise describes his armour-bearer, whom he also terms a false prophet: "He spake as a dragon, and exercised all the power of the first beast in his sight, and caused the earth, and those that dwell therein, to adore the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 13:8 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXIX)

    "There shall give consent to him all they that have not been written in the book of life." So then without doubt they will not consent that have been written.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)