Rev 17:8 | ESV | STEP | The beast that you saw was , and is not , and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction . And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast , because it was and is not and is to come .

Revelation of John 17:8

8 The beast that you saw ^awas, and is not, and ^bis about to rise from ^cthe bottomless pit ^{▼▼Greek the abyss} and ^ego to destruction. And ^fthe dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in ^gthe book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because ^hit was and is not and is to come.