New Living Translation
Revelation 17:11
11“The scarlet beast that was, but is no longer, is the eighth king. He is like the other seven, and he, too, is headed for destruction.
Revelation 17:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
- New International Version (NIV)The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
Context of Revelation 17:11
9“This calls for a mind with understanding: The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills where the woman rules. They also represent seven kings. 10Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his reign will be brief. “The scarlet beast that was, but is no longer, is the eighth king. He is like the other seven, and he, too, is headed for destruction. 12The ten horns of the beast are ten kings who have not yet risen to power. They will be appointed to their kingdoms for one brief moment to reign with the beast. 13They will all agree to give him their power and authority.
Read all of Revelation 17Revelation 17:11 word by word
Καὶ τὸ θηρίον ὃ ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ αὐτὸς ὄγδοός ἐστιν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά ἐστιν καὶ εἰς ἀπώλειαν ὑπάγει.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- the beastθηρίονthērion · wild animalG2342
- thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- notοὐou · noG3756
- heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- the eighthὄγδοοςogdoos · eighthG3590
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- the sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
- goethὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- perditionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
Cross-references for Revelation 17:11
Commentaries on Revelation 17:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And the beast, that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition - That is to say, the Latin kingdom that has already been, but is now no longer nominally in existence, shall immediately follow the dissolution of the seventh form of Latin government; and this dominion is called , an eighth, because it succeeds to the seventh. Yet it is not an eighth head of the beast, because the beast has only seven heads; for to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And the beast that was, and is not - That is, the one power that was formerly mighty; that died away so that it might be said to be extinct; and yet Revelation 17:8 that “still is,” or has a prolonged existence. It is evident that, by the “beast” here, there is some one power, dominion, empire, or rule, whose essential identity is preserved through all these changes, and to which it is proper to give the same name. It finds its termination, or its last…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. 1111. beast that ... is not--his beastly character being kept down by outward Christianization of the state until he starts up to life again as "the eighth" king, his "wound being healed" (Re 13:3), Antichrist manifested in fullest and most intense opposition to God. The "he" is emphatic in the Greek. He, peculiarly and pre-eminently: answering to "the little horn" with eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things, before whom three of the…Read the comment
Topics related to Revelation 17:11
In the dictionaries
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
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries