Revelation 17:9

Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8The beast that thou saw was, and is not, and is going to ascend out of the abyss and go into destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of th

10And there are seven kings, the five are fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain a little while.

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Cross References

Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Hosea 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

Matthew 24:15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand),

Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom: He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number of a man. And its number is 666

Revelation 17:7And the agent said to me, Why did thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:8-14

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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