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Parallel REV 17:9

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BI Rev 17:9 ©

Text critical issues=minor spelling Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)Here’s the mind understanding wisdom: The seven heads are seven hills that the woman is sitting on, and they’re seven rulers.

OET-LVHere is the mind which having seven:
wisdom the seven heads mountains are, where the woman is_sitting on them.
And seven kings are:

SR-GNTὯδε νοῦς ἔχων σοφίαν: αἱ ἑπτὰ κεφαλαὶ ἑπτὰ ὄρη εἰσίν, ὅπου γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπʼ αὐτῶν. Καὶ βασιλεῖς ἑπτά εἰσιν:
   (Hōde ho nous ho eⱪōn sofian: hai hepta kefalai hepta oraʸ eisin, hopou haʸ gunaʸ kathaʸtai epʼ autōn. Kai basileis hepta eisin:)

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

ULTHere is the mind having wisdom: The seven heads are seven hills where the woman is sitting on them, and they are seven kings;

USTPeople need to think wisely to understand this: The seven heads of the beast that the woman is riding represent seven hills. Those are the seven hills of the city that the woman represents. The heads also represent seven rulers.

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

BLBHere is the mind having wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits on them;


AICNT“Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, and they are seven kings;

OEB(Here there is need for the discerning mind.) The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:

LSVHere [is] the mind that is having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,

FBVA mind that has understanding is needed here. The seven heads are seven hills where the woman sits,[fn]


17:9 Again the idea here is of being seated as a ruler, see also verse 1.

TCNTThis calls for a mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

T4TThose who think wisely can understand this: The seven heads of the beast on which the woman sits symbolize the seven hills of the city that the woman represents. They also symbolize seven rulers.

LEBHere is the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits[fn] and they are seven kings.


17:9 Literally “where the woman is seated on them”

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

MoffNo Moff REV book available

WymthHere is scope for the exercise of a mind that has wisdom! The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman sits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
   (And here is the mind which hath/has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. )

KJB-1611And here is the mind which hath wisedome. The seuen heads are seuen mountaines, on which the woman sitteth.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

BshpsAnd here is a mynde that hath wisdome. The seuen heades, are seuen mountaynes on whiche the woman sitteth: They are also seuen kynges.
   (And here is a mind that hath/has wisdom. The seven heads, are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth: They are also seven kings.)

GnvaHere is the mind that hath wisdome. The seuen heads, are seuen mountaines, whereon the woman sitteth: they are also seuen Kings.
   (Here is the mind that hath/has wisdom. The seven heads, are seven mountains, whereon the woman sitteth: they are also seven Kings. )

CvdlAnd here is a mynde, that hath wissdome. The seuen heades are seuen mountanes, on which the woman sytteth:
   (And here is a mind, that hath/has wissdome. The seven heads are seven mountanes, on which the woman sytteth:)

TNTAnd here ys a mynde that hath wisdome. The seven heddes are seven mountaynes on which the woman sytteth:
   (And here is a mind that hath/has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sytteth: )

WyclAnd this is the witt, who that hath wisdom. The seuene heedis ben seuene hillis, on whiche the womman sittith, and kyngis seuene ben.
   (And this is the witt, who that hath/has wisdom. The seven heads been seven hills, on which the woman sittith, and kings seven ben.)

LuthUnd hier ist der Sinn, da Weisheit zu gehöret. Die sieben Häupter sind sieben Berge, auf welchen das Weib sitzt, und sind sieben Könige.
   (And hier is the/of_the Sinn, there Weisheit to gehöret. The seven Häupter are seven Berge, on welchen the woman sits, and are seven kings/king.)

ClVgEt hic est sensus, qui habet sapientiam. Septem capita, septem montes sunt, super quos mulier sedet, et reges septem sunt.
   (And this it_is sensus, who habet wisdom. Septem capita, seven mountains are, over which mulier sedet, and reges seven are. )

UGNTὧδε ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν: αἱ ἑπτὰ κεφαλαὶ ἑπτὰ ὄρη εἰσίν, ὅπου ἡ γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπ’ αὐτῶν. καὶ βασιλεῖς ἑπτά εἰσιν:
   (hōde ho nous ho eⱪōn sofian: hai hepta kefalai hepta oraʸ eisin, hopou haʸ gunaʸ kathaʸtai ep’ autōn. kai basileis hepta eisin:)

SBL-GNTὯδε ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν. αἱ ἑπτὰ κεφαλαὶ ἑπτὰ ὄρη εἰσίν, ὅπου ἡ γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπʼ αὐτῶν. καὶ βασιλεῖς ⸂ἑπτά εἰσιν⸃·
   (Hōde ho nous ho eⱪōn sofian. hai hepta kefalai hepta oraʸ eisin, hopou haʸ gunaʸ kathaʸtai epʼ autōn. kai basileis ⸂hepta eisin⸃;)

TC-GNTὯδε ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν. Αἱ ἑπτὰ κεφαλαὶ [fn]ἑπτὰ ὄρη εἰσίν, ὅπου ἡ γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν.
   (Hōde ho nous ho eⱪōn sofian. Hai hepta kefalai hepta oraʸ eisin, hopou haʸ gunaʸ kathaʸtai ep autōn. )


17:9 επτα ορη εισιν ¦ ορη εισιν επτα TR ¦ ορη επτα εισιν ANT

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

17:9 The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills on which Rome was built (see study note on 16:10-11).
• the woman: see 17:3-6.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὧδε ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν

here_‹is› the mind ¬which having wisdom

The expression Here is introduces something that the speaker is calling for. Alternate translation: “This calls for a mind that has wisdom”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὧδε ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν

here_‹is› the mind ¬which having wisdom

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wisdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “This calls for a wise mind”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

ὅπου ἡ γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπ’ αὐτῶν

where the woman /is/_sitting on them

It might seem that this expression contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: “where the woman is sitting”

BI Rev 17:9 ©