Revelation 13:17

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

and that no one should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Parallel Translations

English 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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And that no man might buy or sell, saue hee that had the marke, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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.

Hebrew Names Version
and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Darby Translation
and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

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

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

American Standard Version
and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Berean Standard Bible
so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark-the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Contemporary English Version
they all had to have this mark, or else they could not buy or sell anything. This mark stood for the name of the beast and for the number of its name.

Complete Jewish Bible
preventing anyone from buying or selling unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

International Standard Version
so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast's name or the number of its name.Revelation 14:11; 15:2;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
as that no man might be able to buy or sell, unless he had the signature of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his name.

Murdock Translation
so that no one might be able to buy or to sell, except those who had the mark of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his name.

King James Version (1611)
And that no man might buy or sell, saue he that had the marke, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that no man myght bye or sell, saue he that had the marke or ye name of the beast, other ye number of his name.

English Revised Version
and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
and that no one was able to buy or to sell except the one who had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of his name.

New American Standard Bible
and he decrees 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.

New Century Version
No one could buy or sell without this mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

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.

New King James Version
and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or [fn] the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

New Living Translation
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.

New Revised Standard
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

George Lamsa Translation
So that no man might buy or sell, except he who had the mark of the name of the beast, or the code number of his name.

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.

World English Bible
and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That no man might buy or sell, but he that had the mark, the name of the wild beast, or the number of his name.

Weymouth's New Testament
in order that no one should be allowed to buy or sell unless he had the mark--either the name of the Wild Beast or the number which his name represents.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ethir sille, but thei han the caracter, ether the name of the beeste, ethir the noumbre of his name.

Webster's Bible Translation
And that no man might buy or sell, save him that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And that no ma myght by or sell save he that had the marke or the name of the beest other the nombre of his name.

Update Bible Version
and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that has the mark, [even] the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Young's Literal Translation
and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Bible in Basic English
So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Literal Translation
even that not any could buy or sell, except the one having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And that no man might by or sell, saue he yt had ye marke, or the name of the beest, ether the nombre of his name.

Mace New Testament (1729)
that no body should buy or sell unless he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

New Life Bible
No one could buy or sell anything unless he had the mark on him. This mark was the name of the first wild animal or another way to write his name.

Simplified Cowboy Version
You couldn't buy or sell without this mark—the beast's brand, which is his name or number that means his name.

New American Standard Bible (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.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And I saw another wild-beast, coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns, like unto a lamb, and began speaking as a dragon. ¹² And, all the authority of the first wild-beast, he useth before him; and causeth the earth, and them who, therein, are dwelling, that they shall do homage unto the first wild-beast, whose stroke of death, was healed. ¹³ And he doeth great signs, so that, even fire, he causeth to be coming down unto the earth before men; ¹⁴ and he deceiveth them who are dwelling upon the earth, by reason of the signs which it was given him to do before the wild-beast, - saying unto them who are dwelling upon the earth, that they should make an image unto the wild-beast who hath the stroke of the sword, and yet did live. ¹⁵ And it was given unto it, to give spirit unto the image of the wild-beast, in order that the image of the wild-beast should both speak and should cause that, as many as should not do homage unto the image of the wild-beast, should be slain. ¹⁶ And he causeth all - the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, - that they should give unto them a mark, upon their right hand or upon their forehead; ¹⁷ and that no one should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. ¹⁸ Here, is, wisdom: he that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is, the number of a man; and, his number, is 666.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mark: Revelation 13:16

name: Revelation 3:12, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 22:4

the number: Revelation 13:18, Revelation 15:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:28 - print Psalms 144:8 - their right hand Isaiah 51:23 - Bow Daniel 3:10 - hast made Zechariah 13:6 - What John 9:34 - And they 2 Timothy 3:3 - fierce Revelation 13:11 - and he spake Revelation 18:11 - the merchants

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
for all the land which thou art beholding - to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;

Genesis 13:17
Rise! go up and down in the land, to the length thereof and to the breadth thereof, for to thee, will I give it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that no man might buy or sell,.... Either in an ecclesiastical sense, as to, be in any church office, or perform any such service, to say Mass, hear confession, give absolution, sell pardons and indulgences, c. or in a civil sense, as to trade, and exercise merchandise, and this was forbidden by several Popish councils and synods the Lateran council, under Pope Alexander, decreed against the Waldenses and Albigenses, that no one should presume to retain or encourage them in their houses or countries, or "trade" with them; and the synod of Tours in France forbid any reception of heretics, or protection, and that any communion should be had with them "in buying and selling", as Mr. Mede has observed; and it was ordered by a bull of Pope Martin the Fifth, that no contract should be made with such, and that they should not follow any business and merchandise:

save he that had the mark; took the oath to be true to the pope, or made a public profession of the Popish religion:

or the name of the beast; Papists, so called from the pope; thus the antichristians are called from antichrist, as the Christians from Christ:

or the number of his name; which is either the same with the number of the beast in Revelation 13:18, or is something distinct it; and those who have it may be such persons who neither have the indelible character of the Romish clergy, nor are open professors of the Popish religion, but are in heart inclined to it, and privately and secretly promote it, by their doctrines and practices; and so are numbered, reckoned, esteemed, and accounted of by the Papists, and receive favours from them; or rather such who openly "furnish the drink offering" in the Mass, mixed with wine and water, למני, "for that number", Isaiah 65:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And that no man might buy or sell - That is, this mighty power would claim jurisdiction over the traffic of the world, and endeavor to make it tributary to its own purposes. Compare Revelation 18:11-13, Revelation 18:17-19. This is represented by saying that no one might “buy or sell” except by its permission; and it is clear that where this power exists of determining who may “buy and sell,” there is absolute control over the wealth of the world.

Save he that had the mark - To keep it all among its own friends; among those who showed allegiance to this power.

Or the name of the beast - That is, the “mark” referred to was either the name of the beast, or the number of his name. The meaning is, that he had something branded on him that showed that he belonged to the beast - as a slave had the name of his master; in other words, there was something that certainly showed that he was subject to its authority.

Or the number of his name - In regard to what is denoted by the number of the beast, see the notes on Revelation 13:18. The idea here is, that that “number,” whatever it was, was so marked on him as to show to whom he belonged. According to the interpretation here proposed, the meaning of this passage is, that the papacy would claim jurisdiction over traffic and commerce; or would endeavor to bring it under its control, and make it subservient to its own ends. Traffic or commerce is one of the principal means by which property is acquired, and he who has the control of this has, to a great degree, the control of the wealth of a nation; and the question now is, whether any such jurisdiction has been set up, or whether any such control has in fact been exercised, so that the wealth of the world has been subject to papal Rome? For a more full illustration of this I may refer to the notes on Revelation 18:11-13, Revelation 18:16-17; but at present it may be sufficient to remark, that the manifest aim of the papacy, in all its history, has been to control the world, and to get dominion over its wealth, in order that it might accomplish its own purposes. But, besides this, there have been numerous specified acts more particularly designed to control the business of “buying and selling.” It has been common in Rome to prohibit, by express law, all traffic with heretics. Thus a canon of the Lateran council, under Pope Alexander III., commanded that no man should entertain or cherish them in his house or land, or traffic with them (Hard. vi., 2:1684). The synod of Tours, under the same Pope Alexander, passed the law that no man should presume to receive or assist the heretics, no, not so much as to exercise commerce with them in selling or buying. And so, too, the Constance council as expressed in Pope Martin’s bull (Elliott, vol. 3, pp. 220, 221).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 13:17. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark — "If any," observes Bishop Newton, "dissent from the stated and authorized forms; they are condemned and excommunicated as heretics; and in consequence of that they are no longer suffered to buy or sell; they are interdicted from traffic and commerce, and all the benefits of civil society. So Roger Hoveden relates of William the Conqueror, that he was so dutiful to the pope that he would not permit any one in his power to buy or sell any thing whom he found disobedient to the apostolic see. So the canon of the council of Lateran, under Pope Alexander III., made against the Waldenses and Albigenses, enjoins, upon pain of anathema, that no man presume to entertain or cherish them in his house or land, or exercise traffic with them. The synod of Tours, in France, under the same pope, orders, under the like intermination, that no man should presume to receive or assist them, no, not so much as hold any communion with them, in selling or buying; that, being deprived of the comfort of humanity they may be compelled to repent of the error of their way." In the tenth and eleventh centuries the severity against the excommunicated was carried to so high a pitch, that nobody might come near them, not even their own wives, children, or servants; they forfeited all their natural legal rights and privileges, and were excluded from all kinds of offices. The form of excommunication in the Romish Church is to take lighted torches, throw them upon the ground with curses and anathemas, and trample them out under foot to the ringing of the bells. It is in this and similar ways that the false prophet has terrified the Latin world, and kept it in subjection to the secular and spiritual powers. Those interdicted by the two-horned beast from all offices of civil life are also such as have not:-

The name of the beast, or the number of his name. — See on the following verse.