Revelation 17:11
9 This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.
12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
13 These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.
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 that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.
- KJV
- And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
- WEB
- The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
- ASV
- And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.
- DARBY
- And the beast that was and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.
- BLB
- And the beast that was and is not is also himself an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.
- ÅB
- Og dyret som var og ikke er, er selv den åttende, og er tillike en av de syv, og farer bort til undergang.
- OTB
- Dyret som var, og ikke er, er også en åttende konge, og hører til de sju, og går til undergang.
- B1930
- Og dyret som var og ikke er, er selv den åttende, og er tillike en av de syv, og farer bort til undergang.
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Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
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