Common English Bible

Revelation 17:8-16 Common English Bible (CEB)

8. The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on earth, whose names haven’t been written in the scroll of life from the time the earth was made, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and will again be present.

9. This calls for an understanding mind. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings.

10. Five kings have fallen, the one is, and the other hasn’t yet come. When that king comes, he must remain for only a short time.

11. As for the beast that was and is not, it is itself an eighth king that belongs to the seven, and it is going to destruction.

12. The ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who haven’t yet received royal power. But they will receive royal authority for an hour, along with the beast.

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

14. They will make war on the Lamb, but the Lamb will emerge victorious, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful."

15. Then he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, crowds, nations, and languages.

16. As for the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will destroy her and strip her bare. They will devour her flesh and burn her with fire