Revelation 13:4 BSB

Revelation 13:4

They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”

BSB

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ASV

and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to war with him?

KJV

And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

which gave--A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS read, "because he gave." power--Greek, "the authority" which it had; its authority. Who is like unto the beast?--The very language appropriated to God, Ex 15:11 (whence, in the Hebrew, the Maccabees took their name; the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Antiochus);

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προσεκύνησαν	prosekunēsan	they worshiped	G4352 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
δράκοντι	drakonti	dragon	G1404 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
θηρίῳ	thēriō	beast	G2342 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσεκύνησαν	prosekunēsan	they worshiped	G4352 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
θηρίῳ	thēriō	beast	G2342 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying;	G3004 →
τίς	tis	Who	G5101 →
ὅμοιος	homoios	[is] like	G3664 →
τῷ	tō	as the	G3588 →
θηρίῳ	thēriō	beast	G2342 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τίς	tis	who	G5101 →
δύναται	dunatai	is able	G1410 →
πολεμῆσαι	polemēsai	to make war	G4170 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	against	G3326 →
αὐτοῦ;	autou	it?	G846 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 12:3
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
leads to
- Revelation 17:12
  The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 12:9
  And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 7:24
  And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
- Revelation 17:16
  And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- Daniel 7:20
  I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others,…
Through
Revelation 13:2
The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
leads to
- Daniel 7:4–7
  The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to…
- Revelation 20:2
  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Through
Revelation 13:15
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
leads to
- Revelation 16:2
  So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.