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Revelation 17:9

Wisdom

7 “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

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.

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.

11 The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.

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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.

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BSB
This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
KJV
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
WEB
Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
ASV
Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:
DARBY
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.
BLB
Here [is] the mind having wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits on them;
ÅB
Her gjelder det vett som har visdom. De syv hoder er syv fjell, som kvinnen sitter på,
OTB
Her trengs det en forstand med visdom. De sju hoder er sju fjell som kvinnen sitter på.
B1930
Her gjelder det vett som har visdom. De syv hoder er syv fjell, som kvinnen sitter på,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 13:18

    Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.

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  • Revelation 17:7

    “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

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  • Daniel 12:4

    But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

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  • Daniel 12:8–10

    I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

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  • Matthew 24:15

    So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

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  • Matthew 13:11

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

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  • Revelation 17:3

    And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

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  • Revelation 13:1

    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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