Thomson(i)
1 And I was placed on the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns, and on its horns ten crowns, and on its heads a name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.
3 And I saw one of its heads as if wounded to death; and this deadly wound of it was healed; and the whole earth followed this beast with admiration.
4 And they worshipped the dragon who had given the beast authority; and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like this beast? Who is able to fight with it?"
5 And to it was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. And power was given it to make war forty-two months.
6 And it opened its mouth for blasphemy against God, to slander his name and his tabernacle and them, who dwell in heaven.
7 And power was given it to make war against the saints and to conquer them; and authority was given it over every tribe and tongue and nation;
8 and it is to be worshipped by all the inhabitants of the earth whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.
9 If any one hath an ear to hear let him hear.
10 If any one gathereth [prisoners] for captivity; into captivity he goeth; if any one shall kill with the sword; with the sword he ought to be slain. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.
11 And I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth; and it had two horns like a lamb; and it spake like a dragon;
12 and it executeth all the authority of the first beast in its presence and causeth the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And it performeth great signs so as to cause fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men;
14 and it leadeth astray the dwellers on the earth by the signs which it had power to do in the presence of the beast; commanding the inhabitants of die earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound of a sword and lived.
15 And power was granted to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might speak and cause all to be slain who would not worship the image of the beast.
16 And it causeth all both little and great, both rich and poor, both freemen and slaves to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
17 and that none should buy or sell, but he who hath the mark, or the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him who hath understanding calculate the number of the beast; for its number is that of a man and its number is 666.