Revelation 17:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ “This calls for a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; also, they are seven kings,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ This calls for a mind [to consider that is packed] with wisdom and intelligence [it is something for a particular mode of thinking and judging of thoughts, feelings, and purposes]. The seven heads are seven hills upon which the woman is sitting;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:

Common English Bible

⁹ This calls for an understanding mind. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And this is for one who understands, who has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sits, and they are seven kings.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:

Revelation 17:9 Cross References

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and the book sealed until the time of the end. Many shall be running back and forth, and evil shall increase.”

Hosea 14:9

Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Matthew 13:11

He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 24:15

“So when you see the desolating sacrilege, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Revelation 13:1

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.

Revelation 13:18

This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number for a person. Its number is six hundred sixty-six.

Revelation 17:18

The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 17:3

So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:7

But the angel said to me, “Why are you so amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.