Revelation 17:5 - Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd a name was written upon her forehead: Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionAnd on her forehead there was inscribed a name of mystery [with a secret symbolic meaning]: Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes (idolatresses) and of the filth and atrocities and abominations of the earth. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. See the chapterCommon English BibleA name—a mystery—was written on her forehead: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and the vile things of the earth.” See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionAnd on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications, and the abominations of the earth. See the chapter |