The Mark of the Beast
Revelation 13:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Here 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.Some manuscripts 616
- KJV
- Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
- WEB
- Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
- ASV
- Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.
- LSV
- Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and its number: six hundred sixty-six.
- YLT
- Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number [is] six hundred and sixty six.
- DBY
- Here is wisdom. He that has understanding let him count the number of the beast: for it is a man's number; and its number [is] six hundred [and] sixty-six.
- DRC
- Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.
- GNV
- Here is wisdome. Let him that hath wit, count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is sixe hundreth threescore and sixe.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Byzantine text read ἕξ.¶ (“six”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read χ̅ξ̅ς᾽ (“666”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (5)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include τὸν (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Byzantine text include ἐστὶν (“is”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
- Spelling of ἑξακόσιοι: Byzantine text: ἑξακόσια.
- Word order: Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus place ἑξακόσιοι elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus place ἑξήκοντα elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἐστὶν.
- SBLGNT: ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα ἕξ; Tregelles read χξϛʹ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν· ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
- RP2018
- Ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν. Ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου· ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν, καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστὶν ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν. Ὁ ἔχων τὸν νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου· ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστί, καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ χξϛ΄.
- SCR1894
- ωδε η σοφια εστιν ο εχων τον νουν ψηφισατω τον αριθμον του θηριου αριθμος γαρ ανθρωπου εστιν και ο αριθμος αυτου χξς
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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 17:9This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
- Revelation 21:17And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
- Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
- Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).