Revelation 17:9 “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains…”

Revelation 17:9

This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Here is the mind that hath wisdome. The seuen heads, are seuen mountaines, whereon the woman sitteth: they are also seuen Kings.

Darby Translation

Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.

Young's Literal Translation

'Here [is] the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,

Bible in Basic English

Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman is seated:

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Cross references

“here”

Revelation 13:18 Daniel 12:4 Daniel 12:8–10 Hosea 14:9 Matthew 13:11 Matthew 24:15

Revelation 13:18 · BSB

Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.

Daniel 12:4 · BSB

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Daniel 12:8–10 · BSB

I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Hosea 14:9 · BSB

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

Matthew 13:11 · BSB

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Matthew 24:15 · BSB

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

“The seven”

Revelation 17:7 Revelation 17:3 Revelation 17:18 Revelation 13:1

Revelation 17:7 · BSB

“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:3 · BSB

And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:18 · BSB

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

Revelation 13:1 · BSB

Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.

10There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. But when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.

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