"And fourgreatbeastswere comingup from the sea,differentfrom oneanother.
You are resplendent,Moremajesticthanthe mountainsof prey.
Thesegreatbeasts,whichare four[in number], are fourkings[who] will arisefrom the earth.
And the dragon stoodon the sandof the seashore.ThenI sawa beastcomingup out of the sea,havingtenhornsand sevenheads,and on his horns[were] tendiadems,and on his heads[were] blasphemousnames.
"The beastthat you sawwas, and is not, and is aboutto comeup out of the abyssand goto destruction.And thosewho dwellon the earth,whosenamehas not been writtenin the bookof lifefrom the foundationof the world,will wonderwhen they seethe beast,that he was and is not and will come.
