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Revelation 13 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Beast from the Sea
The Beast from the Sea and the Beast from the Land

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 - Then I[fn] stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,[fn] and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:2 - Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:4 - So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:5 - And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue[fn] for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:6 - Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe,[fn] tongue, and nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:9 - If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
The Beast from the Earth

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:12 - And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:13 - He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - And he deceives those[fn] who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:15 - He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:17 - and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[fn] the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:18 - Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text reads he.
NU-Text and M-Text read ten horns and seven heads.
M-Text reads make war.
NU-Text and M-Text add and people.
M-Text reads my own people.
NU-Text and M-Text omit or.
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Revelation Chapter 13 — Additional Translations:

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