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The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast

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

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The Great Prostitute and the Beast

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,

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with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

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with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.”

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So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was 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 that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.

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The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of [b]her fornication.

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The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

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And on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

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And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”

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I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

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And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.a
When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the [c]mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

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But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

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The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to [d]perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and [e]yet is.

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The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pitb and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

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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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This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;

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There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.

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they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.

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The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to [f]perdition.

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As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.

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“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.

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And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.

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These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.

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These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast.

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These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

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They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

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

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And the angelc said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

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

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And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,

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For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

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for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

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And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

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And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”

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Revelation 17

Revelation 17