And the dragon stood on the sand
of the 1seashore
.
Then I saw
a abeast
coming
up out of the sea
, having
bten
horns
and bseven
heads
, and on his horns
were cten
diadems
, and on his heads
were dblasphemous
names
.
And the beast which
I saw
was alike
a leopard
, and his feet
were like
those of ba bear
, and his mouth
like
the mouth
of ca lion
. And the ddragon
gave
him his power
and his ethrone
and great
authority
.
I saw one of his heads
as if
it had been 1slain
, and his afatal
wound
was healed
. And the whole
earth
bwas amazed
and followed after
the beast
;
they worshiped the adragon
because
he agave
his authority
to the beast
; and they worshiped
the beast
, saying
, " bWho
is like
the beast
, and who
is able
to wage
war
with him?"
There was given to him a mouth
aspeaking
1arrogant
words and blasphemies
, and authority
to act
for bforty-two
months
was given
to him.
And he opened his mouth
in blasphemies
against
God
, to blaspheme
His name
and His tabernacle
, that is, athose
who 1dwell
in heaven
.
It was also given
to him to amake
war
with the 1saints
and to overcome
them, and authority
over
bevery
tribe
and people
and tongue
and nation
was given
to him.
All who adwell
on the earth
will worship
him, everyone bwhose
name
has not been 1written
cfrom the foundation
of the world
in the dbook
of life
of ethe Lamb
who has been slain
.
aIf anyone
has
an ear
, let him hear
.
aIf anyone
1is destined for captivity
, to captivity
he goes
; bif
anyone
kills
with the sword
, with the sword
he must
be killed
. Here
is cthe 2perseverance
and the faith
of the 3saints
.
Then aI saw
another
beast
coming
up out of the earth
; and he had
btwo
horns
like
a lamb
and he spoke
as a cdragon
.
He aexercises all
the authority
of the first
beast
1 bin his presence
. And he makes
cthe earth
and those
who dwell
in it to dworship
the first
beast
, whose
efatal
wound
was healed
.
He aperforms great
signs
, so
that he even
makes
bfire
come
down
out of heaven
to the earth
in the presence
of men
.
And he adeceives bthose
who dwell
on the earth
because
of cthe signs
which
it was given
him to perform
1 din the presence
of the beast
, telling
those
who dwell
on the earth
to make
an image
to the beast
who
*had
the ewound
of the sword
and has come to life
.
And it was given to him to give
breath
to the image
of the beast
, so
that the image
of the beast
would even
1speak
and cause
aas many
as do not bworship
the image
of the beast
to be killed
.
And he causes all
, athe small
and the great
, and the rich
and the poor
, and the free
men
and the slaves
, 1to be given
a bmark
on their right
hand
or
on their forehead
,
and he provides that no one
will be able
to buy
or
to sell
, except
the one who has
the amark
, either bthe name
of the beast
or
cthe number
of his name
.
aHere is wisdom
. Let him who has
understanding
calculate
the number
of the beast
, for the number
is that bof a man
; and his number
is 1six
hundred
and sixty-six
.