Revelation 17:10
(KJV) 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.
(1611 KJV) And
there are seuen Kings, fiue
are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he commeth, he
must continue a short space.
Counterfeit Versions
(1881 RV) 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.
(ASV) 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.
(AMP) and they are seven kings: five of whom have
fallen, one exists and is reigning; the other [the seventh] has not yet come,
and when he does come, he must remain a little while.
(CEB) Five kings have fallen, the one is, and the
other hasn’t yet come. When that king comes, he must remain for only a short
time. (Adds they are seven kings in verse 9)
(CEV) Five of the kings are dead. One is ruling now,
and the other one has not yet come. But when he does, he will rule for only a
little while. (Adds they are seven kings in verse 9)
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(CSB) Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he
comes, he must remain for only a little while.
- (DRA) Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not
yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time. (Adds they are seven
kings in verse 9)
(ERV) Five of the rulers have already died. One of the
rulers lives now, and the last ruler is coming. When he comes, he will stay only
a short time. (adds they are also seven rulers in verse 9)
(ESV) they are also seven kings, five of whom have
fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain
only a little while.
(GNB) five of them have fallen, one still rules, and
the other one has not yet come; when he comes, he must rule only a little while.
(They are also seven kings in added in verse 9)
(HCSB) They are also seven kings: Five have fallen,
one is, the other has not yet
(LEB) Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet
come, and whenever he comes it is necessary for him to remain a short time.
(Adds and they are seven kings in verse 9)
(LB) They also represent seven kings. Five have
already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his
reign will be brief.
(MSG) “But don’t drop your guard. Use your head. The
seven heads are seven hills; they are where the woman sits. They are also seven
kings: five dead, one living, the other not yet here—and when he does come his
time will be brief. The Beast that once was and is no longer is both an eighth
and one of the seven—and headed for Hell.
(NABRE) five have already fallen, one still lives, and
the last has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a short while.
(They also represent seven kings added in verse 9)
(NASV) and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one
is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little
while.
(NCV) And they are seven kings. Five of the kings have
already been destroyed, one of the kings lives now, and another has not yet
come. When he comes, he must stay a short time.
(NET) five have fallen; one is, and the other has not
yet come, but whenever he does come, he must remain for only a brief time. (They
are also seven kings added to verse 9)
(NIRV) They are also seven kings. Five have fallen,
one is ruling, and the other has still not come. When he does come, he must
remain for only a little while.
(NIV) They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one
is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a
little while.
(NLV) They are seven kings also. Five of them are no
longer kings. The sixth one is now king. The seventh one will be king, but only
for a little while.
(NLT) Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now
reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his reign will be brief. (They also
represent seven kings aded to verse 9)
(NRSV) of whom five have fallen, one is living, and
the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain only a little
while. (also, they are seven kings added to verse 9)
(RSV) they are also seven kings, five of whom have
fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain
only a little while.
(VOICE) Five have fallen, one is alive, and the last
has not yet come to reign. But when he does come, he will be allowed to reign
only a short time. (They also stand for seven kings added to verse 9)
Textus Receptus-Traditional Text
και βασιλεις επτα
εισιν οι πεντε επεσαν και ο εις εστιν ο αλλος ουπω ηλθεν και
οταν ελθη ολιγον αυτον δει μειναι
Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
και βασιλεις επτα
εισιν οι πεντε επεσαν ο εις εστιν ο αλλος ουπω ηλθεν και οταν
ελθη ολιγον αυτον δει μειναι
Corrupted Manuscripts
None
Affected Teaching
Now in this verse many have been trying to attach
ancient world leaders to these seven kings. Some have even tried to attach the
series of kingdoms mentioned in Scripture such as Babylon, Assyria, Rome, Egypt
and others. Some prophetic preachers try to make this out to be a prophecy of a
physical Anti-Christ who will rule the world in the future. However, what we
have in this verse is a general description of leaders through which the beast
has worked his evil. We do not know who they are but the numbers line up with
the method of description we had in verse 8. Revelation 17:8 (KJV) 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.
The beast that thou sawest was - Five fallen kings
and is not - One is
and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit - the other
is not yet and will continue for a short time
These seven kings represent a continuing rulership by
the beast of governments and religions which persecute the Christians and this
rulership will continue until the last day when the kingdom of Satan will be
judged in its totality. Hence the number seven as being the perfect number which
represents the kingdom of Satan in its entirety, and length of time of
existence. Revelation 17:9 (KJV) And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. The modern versions tend to make the mountains the seven kings. In
verse 10 the Greek word is “eisen” translated “there are” and not “they are.”
The kings are a separate symbol than the seven mountains and need to remain
separated.
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