Revelation 13:5
3 One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.
4 They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
6 And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- KJV
- And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
- WEB
- A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
- ASV
- and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.
- DARBY
- And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.
- BLB
- And a mouth was given to it, speaking great things and blasphemies, and authority was given to it to act forty and two months.
- ÅB
- Og der ble gitt det en munn som talte store og spottende ord, og der ble gitt det makt til å holde på i to og førti måneder.
- OTB
- Det ble gitt en munn som talte arrogante ord og blasfemier, og det ble gitt autoritet til å handle i førtito måneder.
- B1930
- Og der blev gitt det en munn som talte store og spottende ord, og der blev gitt det makt til å holde på i to og firti måneder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 7:8
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Read in contextDaniel 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.
Read in contextRevelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Read in contextDaniel 11:36
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
Read in contextDaniel 7:11
Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
Read in contextDaniel 7:20
I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Read in contextRevelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
Read in contextRevelation 11:2–3
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
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