9And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:


In Context

6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.

7 And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

8 The beast, which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up out of the bottomless pit, and go into destruction: and the inhabitants on the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was, and is not.

9 And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:

10 Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time.

11 And the beast which was, and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.

Revelation 17:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:9And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:9"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:9Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:9Here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9Here is the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:9And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.