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1. Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.
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1. And G2532 I stood G2476 upon G1909 the G3588 sand G285 of the G3588 sea G2281 , and G2532 saw G1492 a beast G2342 rise up G305 out of G1537 the G3588 sea G2281 , having G2192 seven G2033 heads G2776 and G2532 ten G1176 horns G2768 , and G2532 upon G1909 his G848 horns G2768 ten G1176 crowns G1238 , and G2532 upon G1909 his G848 heads G2776 the name G3686 of blasphemy G988 .
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2. This beast looked like a leopard, but it had the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion! And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority.
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2. And G2532 the G3588 beast G2342 which G3739 I saw G1492 was G2258 like unto G3664 a leopard G3917 , and G2532 his G848 feet G4228 were as G5613 the feet of a bear G715 , and G2532 his G848 mouth G4750 as G5613 the mouth G4750 of a lion G3023 : and G2532 the G3588 dragon G1404 gave G1325 him G846 his G848 power G1411 , and G2532 his G848 seat G2362 , and G2532 great G3173 authority G1849 .
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3. I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery-- but the fatal wound was healed! The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast.
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3. And G2532 I saw G1492 one G3391 of his G848 heads G2776 as it were G5613 wounded G4969 to G1519 death G2288 ; and G2532 his G848 deadly G2288 wound G4127 was healed G2323 : and G2532 all G3650 the G3588 world G1093 wondered G2296 after G3694 the G3588 beast G2342 .
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4. They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they also worshiped the beast. "Who is as great as the beast?" they exclaimed. "Who is able to fight against him?"
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4. And G2532 they worshiped G4352 the G3588 dragon G1404 which G3739 gave G1325 power G1849 unto the G3588 beast G2342 : and G2532 they worshiped G4352 the G3588 beast G2342 , saying G3004 , Who G5101 is like unto G3664 the G3588 beast G2342 ? who G5101 is able G1410 to make war G4170 with G3326 him G846 ?
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5. Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months.
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5. And G2532 there was given G1325 unto him G846 a mouth G4750 speaking G2980 great things G3173 and G2532 blasphemies G988 ; and G2532 power G1849 was given G1325 unto him G846 to continue G4160 forty and two G5062 G1417 months G3376 .
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6. And he spoke terrible words of blasphemy against God, slandering his name and his temple-- that is, those who live in heaven.
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6. And G2532 he opened G455 his G848 mouth G4750 in G1519 blasphemy G988 against G4314 God G2316 , to blaspheme G987 his G848 name G3686 , and G2532 his G848 tabernacle G4633 , and G2532 them that dwell G4637 in G1722 heaven G3772 .
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7. And the beast was allowed to wage war against God's holy people and to conquer them. And he was given authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and nation.
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7. And G2532 it was given G1325 unto him G846 to make G4160 war G4171 with G3326 the G3588 saints G40 , and G2532 to overcome G3528 them G846 : and G2532 power G1849 was given G1325 him G846 over G1909 all G3956 kindreds G5443 , and G2532 tongues G1100 , and G2532 nations G1484 .
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8. And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made-- the Book that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered.
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8. And G2532 all G3956 that dwell G2730 upon G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 shall worship G4352 him G846 , whose G3739 names G3686 are not G3756 written G1125 in G1722 the G3588 book G976 of life G2222 of the G3588 Lamb G721 slain G4969 from G575 the foundation G2602 of the world G2889 .
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9. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.
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9. If any man G1536 have G2192 an ear G3775 , let him hear G191 .
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10. Anyone who is destined for prison will be taken to prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die by the sword. This means that God's holy people must endure persecution patiently and remain faithful.
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10. He that G1536 leadeth into G4863 captivity G161 shall go G5217 into G1519 captivity G161 : he that G1536 killeth G615 with G1722 the sword G3162 must G1163 be G846 killed G615 with G1722 the sword G3162 . Here G5602 is G2076 the G3588 patience G5281 and G2532 the G3588 faith G4102 of the G3588 saints G40 .
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11. Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.
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11. And G2532 I beheld G1492 another G243 beast G2342 coming up G305 out of G1537 the G3588 earth G1093 ; and G2532 he had G2192 two G1417 horns G2768 like G3664 a lamb G721 , and G2532 he spake G2980 as G5613 a dragon G1404 .
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12. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
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12. And G2532 he exerciseth G4160 all G3956 the G3588 power G1849 of the G3588 first G4413 beast G2342 before G1799 him G846 , and G2532 causeth G4160 the G3588 earth G1093 and G2532 them which dwell G2730 therein G1722 G846 to G2443 worship G4352 the G3588 first G4413 beast G2342 , whose G3739 deadly wound G848 G2288 G4127 was healed G2323 .
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13. He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching.
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13. And G2532 he doeth G4160 great G3173 wonders G4592 , so that G2443 he G2532 maketh G4160 fire G4442 come down G2597 from G1537 heaven G3772 on G1519 the G3588 earth G1093 in the sight G1799 of men G444 ,
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14. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
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14. And G2532 deceiveth G4105 them that dwell G2730 on G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 by G1223 the means of those miracles G4592 which G3739 he had power G1325 G846 to do G4160 in the sight G1799 of the G3588 beast G2342 ; saying G3004 to them that dwell G2730 on G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 , that they should make G4160 an image G1504 to the G3588 beast G2342 , which G3739 had G2192 the G3588 wound G4127 by a sword G3162 , and G2532 did live G2198 .
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15. He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.
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15. And G2532 he had power G1325 G846 to give G1325 life G4151 unto the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 beast G2342 , that G2443 the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 beast G2342 should both G2532 speak G2980 , and G2532 cause G4160 that as many as G3745 G302 would not G3361 worship G4352 the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 beast G2342 should G2443 be killed G615 .
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16. He required everyone-- small and great, rich and poor, free and slave-- to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.
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16. And G2532 he causeth G4160 all G3956 , both small G3398 and G2532 great G3173 G2532 , rich G4145 and G2532 poor G4434 G2532 , free G1658 and G2532 bond G1401 , to G2443 receive G1325 G846 a mark G5480 in G1909 their G848 right G1188 hand G5495 , or G2228 in G1909 their G848 foreheads G3359 :
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17. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.
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17. And G2532 that G2443 no G3361 man G5100 might G1410 buy G59 or G2228 sell G4453 , save G1508 he that had G2192 the G3588 mark G5480 , or G2228 the G3588 name G3686 of the G3588 beast G2342 , or G2228 the G3588 number G706 of his G848 name G3686 .
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18. Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.
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18. Here G5602 is G2076 wisdom G4678 . Let him that hath G2192 understanding G3563 count G5585 the G3588 number G706 of the G3588 beast G2342 : for G1063 it is G2076 the number G706 of a man G444 ; and G2532 his G848 number G706 is Six hundred threescore and six G5516 .
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