Revelation 17:10

Revelation 17:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
• New International Version (NIV)They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
• English Standard Version (ESV)they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.

Context of Revelation 17:10

8“The beast that you saw was [once], but [now] is not, and he is about to come up out of the abyss (the bottomless pit, the dwelling place of demons) and go to destruction (perdition). And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they see the beast, because he was and is not and is yet to come [to earth]. 9Here is the mind which has wisdom [and this is what it knows about the vision]. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits; and they are seven kings: five of whom have fallen, one exists and is reigning; the other [the seventh] has not yet come, and when he does come, he must remain a little while. 11And the beast that [once] was but is not, is himself also an eighth king and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction (perdition). 12The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but [together] they receive authority as kings for a single hour [for a common purpose] along with the beast.

Revelation 17:10 word by word

οἱ πέντε ἔπεσαν, ὁ εἷς ἔστιν, ὁ ἄλλος οὔπω ἦλθεν· καὶ ὅταν ἔλθῃ, ὀλίγον αὐτὸν δεῖ μεῖναι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• there areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
• kingsβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• are fallenπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• the otherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• is not yetοὔπωoupō · not yetG3768
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• he mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• continueμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• a short spaceὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641

Commentaries on Revelation 17:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And there are seven kings - ̔ · They are also seven kings. Before, it was said, they are seven mountains; here, they are also seven kings, which is a demonstration that kingdoms are not here meant by mountains: and this is a farther argument that the seven electorates are represented by seven mountains, for though the sovereigns of these states ranked with kings, they were not kings: that is to say, they were not absolute and sole lords of the territories…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And there are seven kings - That is, seven in all, as they are enumerated in this verse and the next. An eighth is mentioned in Revelation 17:11, but it is, at the same time, said that this one so pertains to the seven, or is so properly in one sense of the number seven, though, in another sense, to be regarded as an eighth, that it may be properly reckoned as the seventh. The word “kings” - ͂ basileis- may be understood, so far as the meaning of the word…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The beast on which the woman sat was, and is not, and yet is. It was a seat of idolatry and persecution, and is not; not in the ancient form, which was pagan: yet it is; it is truly the seat of idolatry and tyranny, though of another sort and form. It would deceive into stupid and blind submission all the inhabitants of the earth within its influence, except the remnant of the elect. This beast was seven heads, seven mountains, the seven hills…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Five have fallen: If these kings represent Roman emperors, and we start counting from the change from a republic to an empire with Augustus, who ruled from 29 BC to AD 14, then the fifth would be Nero, who ruled from AD 54 to 68, the sixth would be Vespasian, and the seventh would be Titus. The eighth king would be Domitian. that was, and now is not: Early commentators argued that Domitian embodied Nero’s spirit (see study note on Revelation 17:8). the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. there are--Translate, "they (the seven heads) are seven kings." five ... one--Greek, "the five ... the one"; the first five of the seven are fallen (a word applicable not to forms of government passing away, but to the fall of once powerful empires: Egypt, Eze 29:1-30:26; Assyria and Nineveh, Na 3:1-19; Babylon, Re 18:2; Jr 50:1-51:64; Medo-Persia, Da 8:3-7, 20-22; 10:13; 11:2; Greece, Da 11:4). Rome was "the one" existing in John's days. "Kings" is…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Revelation 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings