Revelation 13:6 BSB

Revelation 13:6

And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven.

KJV

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

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Commentary

2 voices

Primasius of Hadrumetum

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 13:5-6 (560)

With these months there is completed the three years and six months, which above were understood to refer to the quality of the present age. However, here the severity of the final persecution is especially foretold. For were one to consider the four familiar directions …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A and C omit "and": "them that dwell (literally, 'tabernacle') in heaven," mean not only angels and the departed souls of the righteous, but believers on earth who have their citizenship in heaven, and whose true life is hidden from the Antichristian persecutor in the secret of God's tabernacle.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἤνοιξεν	ēnoixen	it opened	G455 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	mouth	G4750 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
βλασφημίας	blasphēmias	blasphemies	G988 →
πρὸς	pros	against	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
βλασφημῆσαι	blasphēmēsai	to blaspheme	G987 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
σκηνὴν	skēnēn	tabernacle	G4633 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανῷ	ouranō	heaven	G3772 →
σκηνοῦντας.	skēnountas	dwelling.	G4637 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
leads to
- Luke 6:45
  The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow…
- Matthew 15:18
  But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
Through
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
leads to
- Mark 7:21–23
  For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Through
Romans 3:13
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
leads to
- Psalms 5:9
  For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalms 140:3
  They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Through
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…