Rev 13 | ISV | STEP | Then the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. The Vision of the Beast from the Sea I 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.

Revelation of John 13

1 Then the dragon ^{▼▼Lit. it; other mss. read I} stood on the sand of the seashore.

The Vision of the Beast from the Sea

I 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.Dan 7:2, 7; Rev 12:3 2 The 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.Dan 7:4-6; Rev 12:4, 9; 16:10 3 One of the beast's ^{▼▼Lit. its} heads looked like it had a fatal wound, but its fatal wound was healed. And in amazement the whole world followed the beast.Rev 13:12, 14; 17:8

4 They worshiped the dragon because it had given authority to the beast. They also worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight a war with it?”Rev 18:18 5 The beast was allowed ^{▼▼Lit. was given a mouth} to speak arrogant and blasphemous things, and it was given authority for forty-two months.Dan 7:8, 11, 25; 11:36; Rev 11:2; 12:6 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God and to blaspheme his name and his residence, ^{▼▼Lit. tent} that is, those who are living in heaven.John 1:14; Col 2:9 7 It was allowed to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack It was allowed to wage war against the saints and to conquer them.} It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.Dan 7:21; Rev 11:7, 18; 12:17; 17:15 8 All those living on earth will worship it, everyone whose name is not written in the Book of Life belonging to the lamb that was slaughtered from the foundation of the world.Exod 32:32; Dan 12:1; Phil 4:3; Rev 3:5; 17:8; 21:27

9 Let anyone who has an ear listen:Rev 2:7

10 If anyone is to be taken captive,Gen 9:6; Isa 33:1; Matt 26:52; Rev 14:12

he must go into captivity.

If anyone is to be killed with a sword,

he must be killed with a sword.

This is what the endurance and faith of the saints means. 11 The Vision of the Beast from the EarthThen I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it talked like a dragon.Rev 11:7 12 It uses all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, ^{▼▼Or in its presence} and it makes the earth and those living on it worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.Rev 13:3 13 It performs spectacular signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people.Deut 13:1-3; 1Kings 18:38; 2Kings 1:10, 12; Matt 24:24; 2Thes 2:9; Rev 16:14 14 It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of ^{▼▼Or in the presence of} the first ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks first} beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.2Kings 20:7; 2Thes 2:9-10; Rev 12:9; 19:20

15 The second beast ^{▼▼Lit It} was allowed to give breath to the image of the first ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks first} beast so that the image of the beast could talk and put to death those who would not worship the image of the beast.Rev 16:2; 19:20; 20:4 16 The second beast ^{▼▼Lit. It} forces all people—important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves—to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,Rev 14:9; 19:20; 20:4 17 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.Rev 14:11; 15:2

18 This calls for wisdom: Let the person who has understanding figure out the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. ^{▼▼Or it is a human number} Its number is 666. ^{▼▼Other mss. read 616}Rev 15:2; 17:9; 21:17