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Revelation 13:6
6So it started to speak against God. It insulted God's name and the place where he lives, as well as the people who live there in heaven.
Revelation 13:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
- New International Version (NIV)It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.
Context of Revelation 13:6
4People worshipped the dragon because he had given his authority to the wild animal. They also worshipped the wild animal. They said, ‘Nobody is like this animal! Nobody is strong enough to fight against him!’ 5The wild animal received authority to rule people for 42 months. It could speak proud words and insult God. So it started to speak against God. It insulted God's name and the place where he lives, as well as the people who live there in heaven. 7It received power to fight a war against God's own people and to win against them. It received authority to rule over people from every nation, people from every tribe and people from every language. 8Nearly all the people who live on the earth will worship the wild animal. But those people whose names are in the Lamb's book of life will not worship it. The Lamb wrote the names of these believers in his book from the beginning of the world. He is the Lamb that people killed as a sacrifice.
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καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ εἰς βλασφημίας πρὸς τὸν θεὸν βλασφημῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ, τοὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ σκηνοῦντας.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- he openedἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- mouthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
- inεἰςeis · towardG1519
- blasphemyβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988
- againstπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- to blasphemeβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
- nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- tabernacleσκηνήskēnē · tentG4633
- that dwellσκηνόωskēnoō · to dwellG4637
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
Cross-references for Revelation 13:6
- Job 3:1Finally, Job decided to speak. He cursed the day when he was born.
- Matthew 12:34You are like the children of dangerous snakes. You cannot say good things when your thoughts are bad. When you speak, your words show what is in your mind.
- Matthew 15:19Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result, they do wrong things. They murder people. They have sex with another man's wife. They have sex in other wrong ways. They rob people. They tell lies about other people. They insult people.
- Romans 3:13Bad words come out of their mouth, like a very bad smell. They tell lies all the time, so that people do wrong things. The things that they say hurt people, like a snake's poison.
- Revelation 21:3I heard a voice that spoke loudly from the throne. It said, ‘Look! God's home is now among people! God will live together with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them and he will be their God.
- John 1:14The Word became a man. He lived among us. We saw his great glory. He has the glory of the Father's one true Son. He is full of God's grace and truth.
- Colossians 1:19God chose to put his nature in Christ completely.
- Colossians 2:9The whole nature of God himself lives in Christ, in his human body.
- Hebrews 9:2Israel's people made a special tent for God. The first room in that tent was called the holy place. The special lampstand was in this room. The special table with the bread which they offered to God was there too.
- Revelation 4:1After this, I looked. There in front of me was an open door in heaven. I heard the same voice that I had heard before. It spoke like the sound of a trumpet. It said to me, ‘Come up here. I will show you the things that must happen after this.’
- Revelation 5:13Then I heard everything that is alive singing. That was everything in heaven and everything on the earth, and everything under the earth and everything in the sea. They were singing: ‘We praise the one who sits on the throne. We praise the one who is the Lamb. We say that they are great! We worship them! They have power to rule for ever!’
- Revelation 7:9After this, I looked again. I saw a very big crowd of people. There were so many people that nobody could count them. They came from every nation, from every tribe and from every language. They were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing long white clothes and they held branches of palm trees in their hands.
- Revelation 11:12Then God's two servants heard a loud voice that came from heaven. The voice said, ‘Come up here.’ They went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.
- Revelation 12:12So be happy, everyone who lives in heaven! But terrible trouble will happen to the earth and the sea. The Devil has come down to you now and he is very angry. He knows that he has only a short time to hurt people.’
- Revelation 18:20Yes, you who live in heaven, be happy! Be happy because God has punished Babylon! God's people and his apostles and his prophets, be happy! God has punished the city because of what she did to you.
- Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great!
Commentaries on Revelation 13:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name - The Latin empire is here represented as a blasphemous power in three respects. First, he blasphemes the name of God. This has been most notoriously the case with the different popish princes, who continually blaspheme the sacred names of God by using them in their idolatrous worship. The mouth of blasphemy against God cannot be more evident than in the following impious words which…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name - By his own arrogant claims; by his assumed authority in matters of conscience; by setting aside the divine authority; and by impious declarations in derogation of the divine claims. See the notes on Revelation 13:1. And his tabernacle - Literally, his “tent” - ̀ skēnēnThis is the word which is commonly applied to the sacred tent or tabernacle among the Hebrews, in which the ark…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The four characteristics of the beast are: he speaks against God, he holds power for a short time, he fights against God's people, and he governs the world. However, God remains in control.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. opened ... mouth--The usual formula in the case of a set speech, or series of speeches. Re 13:6, 7 expand Re 13:5. blasphemy--So B and Andreas. A and C read "blasphemies." and them--So Vulgate, Coptic, Andreas, and Primasius read. A and C omit "and": "them that dwell (literally, 'tabernacle') in heaven," mean not only angels and the departed souls of the righteous, but believers on earth who have their citizenship in heaven, and whose true life is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 13
- 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
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