Revelation 13:4

And they worshiped the Dragon NACHASH, because he gave his memshalah (governing authority) to the Chayyah, and they worshiped the Chayyah, saying, “Who is like the Chayyah?” and “Who is able to make war with it?”

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

3And one of its roshim (heads) seemed to have received a mortal wound and to have been slain, and the wound causing its mavet was healed, and kol ha'aretz marveled, following after the Chayyah.

5And a PEH (mouth) was given to the Chayyah saying haughty words and Chillul Hashem gidufim (blasphemies), and was given to it ko'ach to act for shnayim and arba'im (two and forty) chodashim (months). + 13:5 Dan 7:8,11,20,25; 11:36

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:2A people great and tall, the Bnei Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the Bnei Anak!

Psalms 106:37And they sacrificed their banim 1 and their banot unto shedim (demons), 1

1 Corinthians 10:20No, the things which they sacrifice, YIZB'CHU LASHEDIM LO ELOHIM (They sacrificed to demons which were not G-d). + 10:20 Dt 32:17; Ps 106:37 Now I do not want you to become sharers with the shedim (demons). + 10:20 Lv 17:7; Dt 32:17; Ps 106:37

2 Thessalonians 2:4I'm referring to the one setting himself against and exalting himself AL KOL EL + 2:4 Dan 11:36 (above every G-d), above all that is given the appellation “G-d” or object of worship, with the result that in the Beis Hamikdash Heikhal he sits down on the MOSHAV ELOHIM + 2:4 Ezek 28:2 (throne of G-d), proclaiming that he himself is Elohim…

Revelation 12:3And another ot (miraculous sign) was seen in Shomayim. And hinei, a great red Dragon NACHASH, + 12:3 Gn 3:1 having sheva (seven) heads and eser (ten) horns, and on the heads of it sheva (seven) ketarim (crowns). + 12:3 Dan 7:7,20

Revelation 13:12And all the samchut (authority) of the Chayyah harishonah (the first Beast, the Anti-Moshiach) it exercises on [the Anti-Moshiachʼs] behalf, and it causes ha'aretz (the earth) and the ones dwelling on it to worship the Chayyah harishonah (the first Beast) whose wound of death was healed.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:2-11

The First Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all… Read the whole commentary →

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