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Revelation 13:18

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

KJV

ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν· ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ χξϛʹ.

Greek NT

Hic sapientia est. Qui habet intellectum, computet numerum bestiæ. Numerus enim hominis est : et numerus ejus sexcenti sexaginta sex.

Vulgate

Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.

ASV

Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θηρίον
therion
noun · 45×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
νοῦς
nous
noun · 24×
σοφία
sophia
noun · 51×
χξ
chx
adjective · 1×
ψηφίζω
psephizo
verb · 2×
ἀριθμός
arithmos
noun · 18×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὧδε
ode
adverb · 60×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/NIV: αὐτοῦ | Treg/RP: + ἐστὶν
  • αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐστὶνTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ | WH/NIV: ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ | RP: ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα ἕξ | Treg: χξϛ΄
  • ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξSBLGNT
  • ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα ἕξRobinson-Pierpont
  • χξϛ΄Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Since, in the beginning of this work, we promised to give, when needful, the words of the ancient presbyters and writers of the Church, in which they have declared those traditions which came down to them concerning the canonical books, and since Irenæus was one of them, we will now give his words and, first, what he says of the sacred Gospels: 2. Matthew published his Gospe…

Cross-references

  • Dan 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
  • Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Isa 8:1 — Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
  • Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mounta
  • Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mounta
  • Ps 107:43 — Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Rev 1:3 — Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
  • 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 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 17:9 — And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
  • Rev 17:9 — And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
  • Rev 21:17 — And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.