4. They worshiped the dragon because it gave its authority to the beast; they also worshiped the beast and said, “Who can compare with the beast or who can fight against it?”
5. The beast was given a mouth uttering proud boasts and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months.
6. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling and those who dwell in heaven.
7. It was also allowed to wage war against the holy ones and conquer them, and it was granted authority over every tribe, people, tongue, and nation.
8. All the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb who was slain.