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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like 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.

Context of Revelation 13:11

9Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. 10Anyone who is destined for prison will be taken to prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die by the sword. This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently and remain faithful. 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. 12He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching.

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 13:1Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.
• Revelation 11:7When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them.
• Revelation 17:8The beast you saw was once alive but isn’t now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.
• Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
• Romans 16:18Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.
• Revelation 13:17And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.
• Revelation 12:3Then I witnessed in heaven another significant event. I saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his heads.
• Revelation 17:6I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement.
• Daniel 7:8As I was looking at the horns, suddenly another small horn appeared among them. Three of the first horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This little horn had eyes like human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is 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