Revelation 13:11

Revelation 13:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.

Context of Revelation 13:11

9Whoever has ears, let them hear. 10“If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.

Revelation 13:11 word by word

Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλο θηρίον ἀναβαῖνον ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ εἶχεν κέρατα δύο ὅμοια ἀρνίῳ καὶ ἐλάλει ὡς δράκων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• I beheldὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• beastθηρίονthērion · wild animalG2342
• coming upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the earthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• he hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• hornsκέραςkeras · hornG2768
• likeὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
• a lambἀρνίονarnion · lambG721
• he spakeλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a dragonδράκωνdrakōn · dragonG1404

Cross-references for Revelation 13:11

• Revelation 13:1The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
• Revelation 11:7Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.
• Revelation 17:8The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.
• Matthew 7:15“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
• Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• Revelation 13:17so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
• Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads.
• Revelation 17:6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
• Daniel 7:8“While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

Commentaries on Revelation 13:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth - As a beast has already been shown to be the symbol of a kingdom or empire, the rising up of this second beast must consequently represent the rising up of another empire. This beast comes up out of the earth; therefore it is totally different from the preceding, which rose up out of the sea. Earth here means the Latin world, for this word has been shown to import this already in several instances…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And I beheld another beast - Compare the notes on Revelation 13:1. This was so distinct from the first that its characteristics could be described, though, as shown in the Analysis of the Chapter, there was in many points a strong resemblance between them. The relations between the two will be more fully indicated in the notes. Coming up out of the earth - Prof. Stuart renders this, “ascending from the land.” The former was represented as rising up out of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 Those who understand the first beast to denote a worldly power, take the second to be also a persecuting and assumed power, which acts under the disguise of religion, and of charity to the souls of men. It is a spiritual dominion, professing to be derived from Christ, and exercised at first in a gentle manner, but soon spake like the dragon. Its speech betrayed it; for it gives forth those false doctrines and cruel decrees, which show it to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The beast appears as a lamb, the same symbol used for Christ (see Revelation 5:6–13; 7:9–17; 14:1–4), but this lamb spoke like a dragon. This image represents a false messiah. The two horns might symbolize two emperors, possibly Nero and Domitian.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. another beast--"the false prophet." out of the earth--out of society civilized, consolidated, and ordered, but still, with all its culture, of earth earthy: as distinguished from "the sea," the troubled agitations of various peoples out of which the world power and its several kingdoms have emerged. "The sacerdotal persecuting power, pagan and Christian; the pagan priesthood making an image of the emperors which they compelled Christians to worship…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