Rev 17:8 | HCSB | STEP | The beast that you saw was , and is not , and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction . Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was , and is not , and will be present again.

d Ps 69:28; Isa 4:3; Rv 3:5; 13:8; 20:12,15; 21:27

Revelation of John 17:8

8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the ^{▼▼abyss: The bottomless pit or the depths (of the sea); the prison for Satan and the demons}abyss ^b and go to destruction. ^c Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world ^d will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present again. ^e