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Revelation 13:16

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

KJV

καὶ ποιεῖ πάντας, τοὺς μικροὺς καὶ τοὺς μεγάλους, καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους καὶ τοὺς πτωχούς, καὶ τοὺς ἐλευθέρους καὶ τοὺς δούλους, ἵνα δῶσιν αὐτοῖς χάραγμα ἐπὶ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν τῆς δεξιᾶς ἢ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῶν,

Greek NT

Et faciet omnes pusillos, et magnos, et divites, et pauperes, et liberos, et servos habere caracterem in dextera manu sua, aut in frontibus suis :

Vulgate

And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;

ASV

And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
δεξιός
dexios
adjective · 54×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
μέτωπον
metopon
noun · 8×
μικρός
mikros
adjective · 42×
πλούσιος
plousios
adjective · 28×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πτωχός
ptochos
adjective · 34×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χάραγμα
charagma
noun · 8×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἐλεύθερος
eleutheros
adjective · 23×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
e
particle · 346×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δῶσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: δῶσιν | RP: δώσωσιν
  • δῶσινSBLGNT
  • δῶσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δώσωσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: χάραγμα | WH/Treg/NIV: χάραγμα | RP: χαράγματα
  • χάραγμαSBLGNT
  • χάραγμαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • χαράγματαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
  • 2Chr 15:13 — That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
  • Acts 26:22 — Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
  • Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Deut 6:8 — And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
  • Deut 11:18 — Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
  • Eph 6:8 — Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
  • Exod 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
  • Ezek 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done
  • Gal 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 6:17 — From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
  • Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
  • Lev 19:28 — Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
  • Ps 49:2 — Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
  • Ps 115:13 — He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
  • Rev 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the m
  • Rev 7:3 — Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
  • Rev 7:3 — Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
  • Rev 11:7 — And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
  • Rev 11:18 — And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them
  • Rev 13:17 — And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
  • Rev 14:9 — And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
  • Rev 15:2 — And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of
  • Rev 18:11 — And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
  • Rev 19:5 — And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
  • Rev 19:18 — That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both sm
  • Rev 19:18 — That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both sm
  • Rev 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These
  • Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship
  • Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte