Rev 13:5-7 | ESV | STEP | And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words , and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months .

a Dan. 7:8, 11, 20; 11:36; [2 Thess. 2:4]

Revelation of John 13:5-7

5 And the beast was given ^aa mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^bforty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, ^{▼▼Or tabernacle} that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed ^dto make war on the saints and to conquer them. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit this sentence} And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,