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Revelation 11:7

5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

6 These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

9 For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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BSB
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
KJV
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
WEB
When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
ASV
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
DARBY
And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast who comes up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and shall conquer them, and shall kill them:
BLB
And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast coming up out of the Abyss will make war with them and will overcome them and will kill them.
ÅB
Og når de har fullført sitt vitnesbyrd, da skal dyret som stiger opp av avgrunnen, føre krig mot dem og seire over dem og drepe dem.
OTB
Når de har fullført sitt vitnesbyrd, vil dyret som stiger opp fra avgrunnen føre krig mot dem, overvinne dem og drepe dem.
B1930
Og når de har fullført sitt vidnesbyrd, da skal dyret som stiger op av avgrunnen, føre krig mot dem og seire over dem og drepe dem.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 13:7

    Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

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  • Daniel 8:23–24

    In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

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  • Daniel 7:25

    He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

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  • John 17:4

    I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

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  • Daniel 7:21–22

    As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

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  • Luke 13:32

    But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:8–9

    And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

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  • Revelation 13:1–4

    Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

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