Revelation 13:17 — Compare Translations

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So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;

English EASY 2024

Nobody could buy anything unless they had this mark on them. Nor could they sell anything. This mark shows the wild animal's name or the number of its name.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

No one could buy or sell without this mark. (This mark is the name of the beast or the number of its name.)

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

No one could buy or sell without this mark, that is, the beast's name or the number that stands for the name.

English God's Word - GW 1995

It does this so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the brand, which is the beast's name or the number of its name.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast's name or the number of his name.

English KJV 1611

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

English LSB

and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

so that no one may buy or sell, except he who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

so that no one could buy or sell except one who had the stamped image of the beast's name or the number that stood for its name.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast — that is, his name or his number.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They could not buy or sell anything unless they had the mark. The mark is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English NIV

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

English NKJ 1982

and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

English NLT

And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

This meant no one could buy or sell unless they had the mark; that is, the name of the beast or its number.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And no one could get a job or even buy in any store without the permit of that mark, which was either the name of the Creature or the code number of his name.

English Tyndale 1537

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, other the number of his name.