Revelation 13 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Rev 13:1

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns,[fn] and on its heads were blasphemous names.[fn]

Rev 13:2

The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority.

Rev 13:3

One of its heads appeared to be fatally wounded, but its fatal wound was healed.

The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.

Rev 13:4

They worshiped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war against it? ”

Rev 13:5

The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies. It was allowed to exercise authority[fn][fn] for forty-two months.

Rev 13:6

It began to speak[fn] blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name and his dwelling — those who dwell in heaven.

Rev 13:7

And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Rev 13:8

All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book[fn] of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.[fn]

Rev 13:9

If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.

Rev 13:10

If anyone is to be taken captive,

into captivity he goes.

If anyone is to be killed[fn] with a sword,

with a sword he will be killed.

This calls for endurance[fn] and faithfulness from the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

Rev 13:11

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,[fn] but it spoke like a dragon.

Rev 13:12

It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.

Rev 13:13

It also performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.

Rev 13:14

It deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image[fn] of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Rev 13:15

It was permitted to give breath[fn] to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

Rev 13:16

And it makes everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,

Rev 13:17

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.

Rev 13:18

This calls for wisdom:[fn] Let the one who has understanding calculate[fn] the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.[fn]

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CSB Footnotes

(13:1)

Or diadems

(13:1)

Other mss read heads was a blasphemous name

(13:5)