REV 13:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The sea creature was given a mouth so it could speak out arrogant and anti-God statements, and it was given authority to act for three and a half years.[ref]

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And to it was given a mouth speaking great, things and blasphemies, and authority was given to it to act for 42 months.

UST The dragon enabled the beast to speak proudly and to insult God. The dragon also enabled it to rule the people on earth. But God would only allow the beast to rule for 42 months.

BSB [The beast] was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous [words], and authority to act for 42 months.

MSB [The beast] was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous [words],[fn] and authority to make war[fn] for 42 months.

13:5 Literally to speak great things and blasphemy; CT and TR literal to speak great things and blasphemies

13:5 CT and TR to act or to continue

BLB And a mouth was given to it, speaking great things and blasphemy, and it was given authority to act forty and two months.

AICNT And a mouth was given to it, speaking great things and blasphemies, and [authority][fn] was given to it {to act}[fn] for forty-two months.

13:5, authority: Absent from ℵ(01).

13:5, to act: ℵ(01) reads “to act as he wishes.” ‖ Some manuscripts read “to wage war.” BYZ.

OEB The Beast was given a mouth that spoke proudly and blasphemously, and it was empowered to work its will for forty-two months.

WEBBE & WMBB A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

NET The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.

LSV And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and slanders, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

FBV He was given the ability[fn] to make great boasts and speak blasphemies, and he was also given the authority to do this for forty-two months.

13:5 Literally, “given a mouth.”

TCNT The beast was given a mouth to utter great boasts and [fn]blasphemy, and he was [fn]given authority to wage war for forty-two months.

13:5 blasphemy 56.6% ¦ blasphemies CT TR 31.4%

13:5 given authority to wage war 69.3% ¦ permitted to exercise authority CT TR 23.9%

T4T The beast was allowed {God allowed the beast} to speak [MTY] in a boastful way and to insult God. It was also allowed {God also allowed it} to rule over people for 42 months.

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

BBE And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

Moff He was allowed to utter loud and blasphemous vaunts, and allowed to exert authority for two and forty months;

Wymth And there was given him a mouth full of boastful and blasphemous words; and liberty of action was granted him for forty-two months.

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

Drby And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.

RV 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.

SLT And a mouth was given him speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given him to make war forty-two months.

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

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And there was giuen vnto him a mouth, speaking great things, and blasphemies, and power was giuen vnto him to [fn]continue fortie and two moneths.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

13:5 Or, to make warre.

Bshps And there was geuen vnto hym a mouth, that spake great thynges and blasphemies, and power was geuen vnto hym, to do.xlij. monethes.
(And there was given unto him a mouth, that spake great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to do.xlij. months.)

Gnva And there was giuen vnto him a mouth, that spake great things and blasphemies, and power was giuen vnto him, to doe two and fourtie moneths.
(And there was given unto him a mouth, that spake great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to do two and forty months.)

Cvdl And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges & blasphemies, and power was geuen vnto him, to do xlij. monethes.
(And there was given unto him a mouth to speak great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to do xlij. months.)

TNT And ther was a mouth geve vnto him that spake great thinges and blasphemies and power was geve vnto him to do xlii. monethes
(And there was a mouth give unto him that spake great things and blasphemies and power was give unto him to do xlii. months)

Wycl And a mouth spekynge grete thingis, and blasfemyes, was youun `to it; and power was youun to it, to do two and fourti monethis.
(And a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies, was given to it; and power was given to it, to do two and forty months.)

Luth Und es ward ihm gegeben ein Mund, zu reden große Dinge und Lästerung; und ward ihm gegeben, daß es mit ihm währete zweiundvierzig Monden lang.
(And it what/which him given a mouth, to/for talk(v) large things and blasphemy/slander(n); and what/which him given, that it with him lasted forty-two moons/months long.)

ClVg Et datum est ei os loquens magna et blasphemias: et data est ei potestas facere menses quadraginta duos.
(And given/present(n) it_is to_him mouth speaking big and blasphemies: and data it_is to_him power to_do a_months forty two.)

UGNT καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίας, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα δύο.
(kai edothaʸ autōi stoma laloun megala kai blasfaʸmias, kai edothaʸ autōi exousia poiaʸsai maʸnas tesserakonta duo.)

SBL-GNT Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ ⸀βλασφημίας, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ⸀ἐξουσία ποιῆσαι μῆνας ⸀τεσσεράκοντα δύο.
(Kai edothaʸ autōi stoma laloun megala kai ⸀blasfaʸmias, kai edothaʸ autōi ⸀exousia poiaʸsai maʸnas ⸀tesserakonta duo.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίαν· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία πόλεμον ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσαράκοντα δύο.
(Kai edothaʸ autōi stoma laloun megala kai blasfaʸmian; kai edothaʸ autōi exousia polemon poiaʸsai maʸnas tessarakonta duo.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ [fn]βλασφημίαν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία [fn]πόλεμον ποιῆσαι μῆνας [fn]τεσσαράκοντα δύο.
(Kai edothaʸ autōi stoma laloun megala kai blasfaʸmian, kai edothaʸ autōi exousia polemon poiaʸsai maʸnas tessarakonta duo.)

13:5 βλασφημιαν 56.6% ¦ βλασφημα ᴍꜱꜱ 17.9% ¦ βλασφημιας ᴄᴛ ᴛʀ 13.5%

13:5 πολεμον 69.3% ¦ — ᴄᴛ ᴛʀ 23.9%

13:5 τεσσαρακοντα δυο 65.9% ¦ μβʹ ɴᴀ 18.4% ¦ τεσσερακοντα δυο ꜱʙʟ ᴛʜ 6% ¦ τεσσερακοντα και δυο ᴡʜ 0.9%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 13:1–10: The first beast rose from the sea

In this section, John saw a beast rise from the sea and described him. The dragon gave authority to this beast. The beast slandered God. The beast killed believers. Non-believers worshiped him.

If you followed option (2) for the textual issue at 12:17d, you should have this section heading before 12:17d.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The beast from the sea

The beast that blasphemed God

13:5a

The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words,

¶ The beast was allowed to boast and blaspheme
¶ The monster received permission to speak boastfully and insult/slander God.

The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words: The phrase was given a mouth is an idiom. It probably indicates that God allowed the beast to speak these arrogant and blasphemous words. For example:

The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God (GNT)

The beast was given a mouth: The clause is passive. Some ways to translate it are:

Use a passive clause. For example:
A mouth was given to the beast
The beast was allowed to speak (GW)
Use an active clause. Probably the dragon gave the words to say, as he gave authority in 13:2d. (God allowed all these things in 13:1–8, but John was speaking about the dragon and the beast in these verses.) For example:
The dragon gave the beast a mouth/message
Use a verb that implies that someone gave the words to say. For example:
The beast received permission to speakIn some languages “take” and “receive” is translated by the same verb. The English verb “receive” implies that someone gave the power, but the English verb “take” does not imply that. Your translation should imply or indicate that someone gave it.

arrogant…words: The Greek word is literally “great (things).” Here the Greek word refers to boasting. For example:

boasts (NJB)

blasphemous words: The word blasphemous refers to words which slander God. It may refer to saying that God is evil. It may also refer to claiming that someone else is the true God. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

claims which were insulting to God (GNT)

sayings that dishonor God

things/words that greatly slander God

See how you translated the similar word “blasphemous” in 13:1.

13:5b

and authority to act for 42 months.

and to use his authority for forty-two months.
He also received permission to use his authority for 42 months.

authority to act: The Greek words are literally “was given authority to it to do.” The two ways to interpret the Greek words are:

It indicates that the beast was allowed to use the authority that the dragon had given him. For example:
it was allowed to use its power (NCV) (BSB, RSV, NIV, GNT, NASB, NABRE, NLT, GW, CEV, NET, ESV, NCV)
It indicates that the beast was permitted to continue boasting and speaking blasphemy. For example:
was granted permission to continue (REB) (NJB, REB, KJV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).Osbourne (page 499) says, “the beast has authority…to “trample the holy city” (11:2) and persecute the saints (13:7). The word “give” is implied from 13:5a. Probably the dragon gave permission, as in 13:5a. Other ways to translate this are:

it was permitted to have authority (GNT)

the dragon gave to him the right to use his authority

42 months: This is the same amount of time as the 1,260 days in 12:6b, but counted in months. The Greek uses number words. There are several ways to translate this meaning:

Use number words. For example:
forty-two months (NIV)
Use numerals, as the BSB does.

Some languages have difficulty with big numbers. If that is true in your language, use a different time word. For example:

three and a half years

three years and six months

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐδόθη αὐτῷ

˓was˒_given ˱to˲_it

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was the dragon. Alternate translation: [the dragon gave it]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

στόμα λαλοῦν

˓a˒_mouth speaking

John is referring to the capacity to speak by association with the mouth that people use to speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the capacity to speak, and it spoke]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μεγάλα

great_‹things›

The implication is that the beast spoke great things about itself. You can provide this information in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [great things about itself] or [boasts]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία

˓was˒_given ˱to˲_it ˓was˒_given ˱to˲_it authority

Parallel REV 13:5

Section 13:1–10: The first beast rose from the sea

13:5a

13:5b