Revelation 13:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ And the beast was given [by the dragon (?)] a mouth for making proud claims and [speaking] blasphemous words, and the authority to act for forty-two months [See 11:2; 12:6].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And the beast was given the power of speech, uttering boastful and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom to exert his authority and to exercise his will during forty-two months (three and a half years). [Dan. 7:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.

Common English Bible

⁵ The beast was given a mouth that spoke boastful and blasphemous things, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies. And authority was given to him to act for forty-two months.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do two and forty months.

Revelation 13:5 Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Do not allow anyone to deceive you in any way, for it will not occur until the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness becomes evident. [Note: This “rebellion” refers to a significant falling away from the teaching and practice of true Christianity (See I Tim. 4:1), characterized by the rise of an authoritarian religious leader]. This man is doomed to be destroyed

2 Thessalonians 2:4

[for] he opposes [the true Gospel message] and exalts himself against everything that is called “God” or that which is worshiped. So, he sits in God’s temple [i.e., the church (?)] displaying himself as [though he were] God.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then the lawless person [See verse 3] will be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the brilliant appearance of His presence [i.e., at His second coming].

Revelation 11:7

And when they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the pit [See 13:1ff; 17:3,7] will wage war against them, and overpower and kill them.

Revelation 12:14

And the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so she could fly to her place in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, and times and half a time, from the presence of the snake [i.e., for three and one half years. See 11:2; 12:6].

Revelation 12:6

Then the woman ran away to the desert, to a place prepared for her by God, where they could care for her for 1,260 days. [Note: The plural “they” here simply means “she would be cared for” See 10:11].

Revelation 13:7

And he was given [the power] to wage war against the saints [i.e., God’s holy people] and to conquer them; and he was given authority over every tribe, race, language group and nation.