Revelation 17:11
New International Version
The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

New Living Translation
“The scarlet beast that was, but is no longer, is the eighth king. He is like the other seven, and he, too, is headed for destruction.

English Standard Version
As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.

Berean Standard Bible
The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.

Berean Literal Bible
And the beast which was, and is not, is also himself an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.

King James Bible
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

New King James Version
The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.

New American Standard Bible
The beast which was, and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

NASB 1995
“The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

NASB 1977
“And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

Amplified Bible
And the beast that [once] was but is not, is himself also an eighth king and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction (perdition).

Christian Standard Bible
The beast that was and is not, is itself an eighth king, but it belongs to the seven and is going to destruction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The beast that was and is not, is himself an eighth king, yet he belongs to the seven and is going to destruction.

American Standard Version
And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And The Dragon, and The Beast which it brought and is not, also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to destruction.”

Contemporary English Version
You also saw a beast that used to be and no longer is. That beast is one of the seven kings who will return as the eighth king, but only to be destroyed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the beast which was, and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.

English Revised Version
And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The beast that was and is no longer is the eighth king. It belongs with the seven kings and goes to its destruction.

Good News Translation
And the beast that was once alive, but lives no longer, is itself an eighth king who is one of the seven and is going off to be destroyed.

International Standard Version
The beast that was and is no longer is the eighth king, but it belongs with the seven kings and goes to its destruction.

Literal Standard Version
and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and he is out of the seven, and he goes away to destruction.

Majority Standard Bible
The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.

New American Bible
The beast that existed once but exists no longer is an eighth king, but really belongs to the seven and is headed for destruction.

NET Bible
The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

New Revised Standard Version
As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.

New Heart English Bible
The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

Weymouth New Testament
And the Wild Beast which once existed but does not now exist--he is an eighth king and yet is one of the seven and he goes his way into perdition.

World English Bible
The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.

Young's Literal Translation
and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and out of the seven he is, and to destruction he doth go away.

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Context
The Mystery Explained
10There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11 The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction. 12The 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.…

Cross References
Revelation 13:3
One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.

Revelation 13:10
"If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed." Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

Revelation 13:12
And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw--it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.


Treasury of Scripture

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.

that was.

Revelation 17:8
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.

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Revelation 17
1. A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand sits upon the beast;
5. which is great Babylon, the mother of all abominations.
9. The interpretation of the seven heads;
12. and the ten horns.
14. The victory of the Lamb.
16. The punishment of the harlot.














(11) And the beast . . .--Better, And the wild beast which was, and is not, even he himself is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction. The wild beast himself, forming as it were an eighth, has to be reckoned with. There are seven heads; when these fall no eighth head will rise, but the wild beast, whose vitality has been seen in these successive heads, forms, as it were, an eighth, which is "out of the seven"--not one of them, but one rising out of them; no eighth empire shall rise, but the wild beast, now smitten in all the seven heads of his power, will, in the convulsive death-throe, seem an eighth power, in which the ebbing life of all the seven finds expression. The wild beast linked itself with seven great empires in succession: these all fell; the wild beast is left, as an eighth: then "the wild beast goes into destruction." As an illustration, we may recall her whom the seven brothers had as wife; last of all the woman, the eighth, which was of the seven, died also. It has been noticed that the wild beast does not "fall," like the others, "but goes into destruction;" there are no more world-powers like those who have fallen, but the wild beast is left, a last power reserved for destruction, a final antichrist, the lawless one whom the Lord will destroy with the brightness of His coming (2Thessalonians 2:3). This fierce and last flickering up of the doomed power of evil is dwelt on again in Revelation 20:7-10.

Verse 11. - And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition; and the beast (neuter, θηρίον) that was and is not, he himself is also an eighth (masculine), and is of (ἐκ, out of) the seven, etc. We may note

(1) that "eighth" refers to "king" in ver. 10, being masculine gender;

(2) the absence of the article before ὄγδος, "eighth," shows that this is not the eighth in a successive series, in which the kings already mentioned form the first seven. The Revised Version probably gives the correct meaning, "is of the seven;" that is, the beast himself consists of, and is formed by, what has been denoted by the seven kings. We have already interpreted the beast as the worldly power - Satan in his capacity of "prince of this world." We have also shown that the "seven kings" describes this worldly power as it exists throughout all ages. This verse, therefore, sums up and reasserts briefly what has been already virtually intimated in the symbolism employed, viz. that the beast is the sum total of what has been described under the form of five kings, then one king, and then one king again (ver. 10). His final doom is also reasserted, "he goeth into perdition" (cf. ver. 8 and Revelation 19:20)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

beast
θηρίον (thērion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

that
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

was,
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

and [now]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

is
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

not,
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

himself
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

an eighth [king].
ὄγδοός (ogdoos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3590: The eighth, one of eight, with seven others. From oktos; the eighth.

He belongs to
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the [other]
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

seven
ἑπτά (hepta)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2033: Seven. A primary number; seven.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

is going
ὑπάγει (hypagei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5217: To go away, depart, begone, die. From hupo and ago; to lead under, i.e. Withdraw or retire, literally or figuratively.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

destruction.
ἀπώλειαν (apōleian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 684: Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss.


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