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Revelation 17:1-18 CEV
(1) One of the seven angels who had emptied the bowls came over and said to me, "Come on! I will show you how God will punish that shameless prostitute who sits on many oceans. (2) Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk." (3) With the help of the Spirit, the angel took me into the desert, where I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. The beast was covered with names that were an insult to God, and it had seven heads and ten horns. (4) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she wore jewelry made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things she had done. (5) On her forehead a mysterious name was written: I AM THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF EVERY IMMORAL AND FILTHY THING ON EARTH. (6) I could tell that the woman was drunk on the blood of God's people who had given their lives for Jesus. This surprising sight amazed me, (7) and the angel said: Why are you so amazed? I will explain the mystery about this woman and about the beast she is sitting on, with its seven heads and ten horns. (8) The beast you saw is one that used to be and no longer is. It will come back from the deep pit, but only to be destroyed. Everyone on earth whose names were not written in the book of life before the time of creation will be amazed. They will see this beast that used to be and no longer is, but will be once more. (9) Anyone with wisdom can figure this out. The seven heads that the woman is sitting on stand for seven hills. These heads are also seven kings. (10) Five of the kings are dead. One is ruling now, and the other one has not yet come. But when he does, he will rule for only a little while. (11) You also saw a beast that used to be and no longer is. That beast is one of the seven kings who will return as the eighth king, but only to be destroyed. (12) The ten horns that you saw are ten more kings, who have not yet come into power, and they will rule with the beast for only a short time. (13) They all think alike and will give their power and authority to the beast. (14) These kings will go to war against the Lamb. But he will defeat them, because he is Lord over all lords and King over all kings. His followers are chosen and special and faithful. (15) The oceans that you saw the prostitute sitting on are crowds of people from all races and languages. (16) The ten horns and the beast will start hating the shameless woman. They will strip off her clothes and leave her naked. Then they will eat her flesh and throw the rest of her body into a fire. (17) God is the one who made these kings all think alike and decide to give their power to the beast. And they will do this until what God has said comes true. (18) The woman you saw is the great city that rules over all kings on earth.

Revelation 17:1-18 LITV
(1) And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on the many waters, (2) with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the ones inhabiting the earth became drunk from the wine of her fornication. (3) And he carried me away into a desert, by the Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (4) And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and being gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominations and unclean things of her fornication. (5) And on her forehead was a name having been written: Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth. (6) And I saw the woman being drunk from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I marveled, seeing her, with a great marveling. (7) And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast supporting her, the one having the seven heads and the ten horns. (8) The beast which you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss, and goes to perdition. And those dwelling on the earth will marvel, the ones whose names have not been written on the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, seeing the beast, that it was a thing, and is not, yet now is. (9) Here is the mind having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits on them. (10) And the kings are seven. The five fell, and the one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he does come, he must remain a little. (11) And the beast which was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to perdition. (12) And the ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive authority as kings one hour with the beast. (13) These have one mind, and their power and authority they shall give up to the beast. (14) These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and the ones with Him are the called and elect and faithful ones. (15) And he says to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. (16) And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolated and naked. And they will eat her flesh, and will burn her down with fire. (17) For God gave into their hearts to do His mind, and to act in one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the Words of God shall be fulfilled. (18) And the woman whom you saw is the great city, having a kingdom over the kings of the earth.

Revelation 17:1-18 ALT
(1) And one of the seven angels, [one] of the ones having the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show to you the judgment of the great prostitute, the one sitting on the many waters, (2) with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual sin, and the ones inhabiting the earth got drunk from the wine of her sexual sin." (3) And he carried me away in spirit [or, by [the] Spirit] into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of [or, covered with] names of blasphemy [or, blasphemous names], having seven heads and ten horns. (4) And the woman had been clothed with purple and scarlet, having been adorned with gold and a precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand being full of [the] abominations and the uncleanness of her sexual sin. (5) And on her forehead a name had been written: Secret [or, Mystery], Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth. (6) And I saw the woman being drunk from the blood of the holy ones from the blood of the witnesses [or, martyrs] of Jesus. And having seen her, I was amazed with great amazement. (7) And the angel said to me, "Why were you [so] amazed? _I_ will tell to you the secret [or, mystery] of the woman and of the beast, the [one] carrying her, the one having the seven heads and the ten horns. (8) "The beast which you saw was, and is not, and is about to be ascending out of the bottomless pit and to be going away to destruction. And the ones dwelling on the earth will be amazed, whose names have not been written on the Scroll of Life from [the] laying of the foundation of [the] world [or, from [the] beginning of the creation of [the] universe], when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will come. (9) "Here [is] the mind, the one having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits on them. (10) "There are also seven kings: the five fell, the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he comes, it is necessary [for] him to remain a short time. (11) "And the beast which was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and he is out of the seven, and he is going away to destruction. (12) "And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who did not yet receive a kingdom, _but_ they receive authority as kings [for] one hour with the beast. (13) "These have one mind [fig., purpose], and they give their power and authority to the beast. (14) "These will wage war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and the [ones] with him [are] called and chosen and faithful." (15) And he says to me, "The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. (16) "And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her having been laid waste and make hernaked, and they will eat her flesh and will burn her in fire. (17) "For God gave into their hearts [fig., inner selves] to do His mind [fig., purpose] and to make [fig., to be of] one mind and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are completed [or, fulfilled]. (18) "And the woman which you saw is the great city, the one having kingship over the kings of the earth."

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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation