The Beast from the Sea
Revelation 13:5
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- KJV
- And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
- WEB
- A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
- ASV
- and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.
- LSV
- And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and slanders, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,
- YLT
- And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,
- DBY
- And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.
- DRC
- And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do two and forty months.
- GNV
- And there was giuen vnto him a mouth, that spake great things and blasphemies, and power was giuen vnto him, to doe two and fourtie moneths.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read βλασφημίας (“blasphemies”); Byzantine text read βλασφημίαν (“blasphemy”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include πόλεμον (“war”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of τεσσεράκοντα: Textus Receptus: τεσσαράκοντα.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Westcott–Hort include καὶ (“and”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: βλασφημίας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read βλασφημίας; Robinson–Pierpont read βλασφημίαν.
- SBLGNT: ἐξουσία. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐξουσία; Robinson–Pierpont add πόλεμον.
- SBLGNT: τεσσεράκοντα. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read τεσσεράκοντα; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition add καὶ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίας, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα δύο.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίαν· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία πόλεμον ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσαράκοντα δύο.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίας· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσαράκοντα δύο.ποιῆσαι ¦ πόλεμον ποιῆσαι ELZ
- SCR1894
- και εδοθη αυτω στομα λαλουν μεγαλα και βλασφημιας και εδοθη αυτω εξουσια ποιησαι μηνας τεσσαρακοντα δυο
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DragonBlasphemyAlphaNeroPrint; Printing; PrintedVisionAnimalsAuthority in ReligionAstronomyAngel (a Spirit)
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Cross-references most cited first
- Daniel 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Daniel 7:8While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of…
- Revelation 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- Daniel 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what…
- Daniel 7:11Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Daniel 7:20I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke…
- Revelation 11:2–3But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will…
- Revelation 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Revelation 13:7Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
- Revelation 11:7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).