The Mark of the Beast
Revelation 13:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.
- KJV
- And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
- WEB
- and that no one would be able to buy or to sell unless he has that mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
- ASV
- and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.
- LSV
- and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
- YLT
- and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
- DBY
- and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
- DRC
- And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
- GNV
- And that no man might buy or sell, saue hee that had the marke, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read δύνηται (“may be able”); Byzantine text read δύναται (“is able”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ἢ (“or”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: δύνηται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δύνηται; Robinson–Pierpont read δύναται.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἵνα μή τις δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα, τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἵνα μή τις δύναται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα, τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἵνα μή τις δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα ἢ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.
- SCR1894
- και ινα μη τις δυνηται αγορασαι η πωλησαι ει μη ο εχων το χαραγμα η το ονομα του θηριου η τον αριθμον του ονοματος αυτου
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- Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
- Revelation 13:16And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
- Revelation 15:2And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
- Revelation 22:4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
- Revelation 14:9And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,
- Revelation 13:18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
- Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out…
- Revelation 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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