KJV King James Version
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
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Revelation 17:10
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There 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.
WEB World English Bible
They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
ASV American Standard Version
and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and there are seven kings, the five did fall, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it behoveth him to remain a little time;
Surrounding context — Revelation 17
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 And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπέντεG4002 · pentefiveἔπεσαν,G4098 · piptōto collapseὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἷςG1520 · ehisoneἔστιν,G1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄλλοςG243 · allosanotherοὔπωG3768 · oupōnot yetἦλθεν·G2064 · erchomaito come/goκαὶG2532 · kaiandὅτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)ἔλθῃ,G2064 · erchomaito come/goὀλίγονG3641 · oligoslittle/fewαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heδεῖG1163 · deibe necessaryμεῖναι.¶G3306 · menōto stay
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