Darby Bible Translation

New American Standard Bible

The Woman on the Beast

And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;

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The Doom of Babylon

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

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with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

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And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

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And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

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And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;

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The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

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and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

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and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

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And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.

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And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.

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The Mystery Explained

And the angel said to me, Why hast thou wondered? *I* will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

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And the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

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The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction: and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written from the founding of the world in the book of life, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present.

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“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.

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Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.

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“Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,

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And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes he must remain [only] a little while.

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and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

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And the beast that was and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.

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“The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

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And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.

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“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

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These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast.

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“These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

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The Victory of the Lamb

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they [that are] with him called, and chosen, and faithful.

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Victory for the Lamb

“These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

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And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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And he said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire;

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“And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.

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for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

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“For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.

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And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which has kingship over the kings of the earth.

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“The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

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Darby Bible Translation

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Revelation 17

Revelation 17