Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Holman Bible
“Here is the mind with wisdom:
International Standard Version
This calls for a mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is sitting. They are also seven kings.
A Conservative Version
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them.
American Standard Version
Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:
Amplified
Here is the mind which has wisdom [and this is what it knows about the vision]. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits;
An Understandable Version
"This calls for an understanding mind. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. They are [also] seven kings;
Anderson New Testament
Here is the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Bible in Basic English
Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman is seated:
Daniel Mace New Testament
the meaning is very comprehensive. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Darby Translation
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Godbey New Testament
Here is a mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits upon them,
Goodspeed New Testament
Here is a problem for a profound mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated.
John Wesley New Testament
Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sitteth,
Julia Smith Translation
Here the mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits upon them.
King James 2000
And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Here [is] the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains {on which the woman sits} and they are seven kings.
Modern King James verseion
And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And here is a mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:
Moffatt New Testament
Now for the interpretation of the discerning mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated:
Montgomery New Testament
Here is the mind that has wisdom. the seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is seated;
NET Bible
(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:
New Heart English Bible
Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Noyes New Testament
Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Sawyer New Testament
Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits,
The Emphasized Bible
Here, is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads, are, seven mountains, whereupon the woman sitteth;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman is seated even upon them.
Twentieth Century New Testament
(Here there is need for the discerning mind.) The seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman is seated.
Webster
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Weymouth New Testament
Here is scope for the exercise of a mind that has wisdom! The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman sits.
Williams New Testament
Here is scope for a mind that is packed with wisdom. The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman is seated.
World English Bible
Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Worrell New Testament
Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Worsley New Testament
To this the mind that hath wisdom will attend: for the seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman sitteth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Here is the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 17:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Judgment Of The Great Prostitute Babylon
8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, because he was and is not and will come. 9 This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 And they are also seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.
Cross References
Revelation 13:18
This calls for wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
Revelation 17:3
And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
Matthew 13:11
And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 24:15
"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination of desolation,' spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)
Revelation 13:1
And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
Revelation 17:7
And the angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
Revelation 17:18
The woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth."