Rev 17:8 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction . And those who dwell on the earth , whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world , will wonder when they see the beast , that he was and is not and will come .

Revelation of John 17:8

8 ^a“The beast that you saw ^bwas, and is not, and is about to ^ccome up out of the ^dabyss and ^{▼▼ One early ms reads is going
,} ^fgo to destruction. And ^gthose who dwell on the earth, ^hwhose name has not been written in the book of life ⁱfrom the foundation of the world, will ^jwonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.