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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῆς ὄνομα γεγραμμένον, μυστήριον, Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν καὶ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῆς γῆς.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai epi to metopon autes onoma gegrammenon, musterion, Babulon e megale, e meter ton pornon kai ton bdelugmaton tes ges.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et in fronte eius nomen scriptum mysterium Babylon magna mater fornicationum et abominationum terrae

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
New King James Version   
And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
21st Century King James Version   
and upon her forehead was a name written: Mystery, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And upon her forehead was written: “Mystery Babylon The Great, The Mother of Harlots and of the Filth of The Earth.”
Darby Bible Translation   
and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications, and the abominations of the earth.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”
God's Word   
A name was written on her forehead. The name was Mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Detestable Things of the Earth.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
On her forehead a cryptic name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.
International Standard Version   
On her forehead was written a secret name: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND DETESTABLE THINGS OF THE EARTH
NET Bible   
On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."
New American Standard Bible   
and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
New International Version   
The name written on her forehead was a mystery: babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
New Living Translation   
A mysterious name was written on her forehead: "Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World."
Webster's Bible Translation   
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Weymouth New Testament   
And on her forehead was a name written: "I am a symbol of great Babylon, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth."
The World English Bible   
And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
EasyEnglish Bible   
A name was written on the front of her head. Only God knows what it means. It was: Powerful Babylon. Mother of all prostitutes. Mother of all the disgusting things on the earth.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and upon her forehead was a name written: `Secret, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Whores, and the Abominations of the earth.'
New Life Version   
There was a name written on her forehead which had a secret meaning. It said, “The big and powerful Babylon, mother of all women who sell the use of their bodies and mother of everything sinful of the earth.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
And on her forehead was a name written: “A Mystery. The great Babylon. The mother of whoredoms and abominations of the earth.”
The Voice Bible   
On her forehead was inscribed a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of whores and the abominations that defile the earth.”
Living Bible   
A mysterious caption was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of Prostitutes and of Idol Worship Everywhere around the World.”
New Catholic Bible   
On her forehead was written a mysterious name: “Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and of every abomination on the earth.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Christian Standard Bible   
On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And 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.
New Century Version   
On her forehead a title was written that was secret. This is what was written: the great babylon mother of prostitutes and of the evil things of the earth
The Message   
In the Spirit he carried me out in the desert. I saw a woman mounted on a Scarlet Beast. Stuffed with blasphemies, the Beast had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, festooned with gold and gems and pearls. She held a gold chalice in her hand, brimming with defiling obscenities, her foul fornications. A riddle-name was branded on her forehead: great babylon, mother of whores and abominations of the earth. I could see that the woman was drunk, drunk on the blood of God’s holy people, drunk on the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. Astonished, I rubbed my eyes. I shook my head in wonder. The Angel said, “Does this surprise you? Let me tell you the riddle of the woman and the Beast she rides, the Beast with seven heads and ten horns. The Beast you saw once was, is no longer, and is about to ascend from the Abyss and head straight for Hell. Earth dwellers whose names weren’t written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be dazzled when they see the Beast that once was, is no longer, and is to come.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
And on her forehead this name was written: Mystery Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And on · her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, · mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth’s abominations.”
New Matthew Bible   
And in her forehead a name was written: a mystery – great babylon, the mother of whoredom and of the abominations of the earth.
Good News Translation®   
On her forehead was written a name that has a secret meaning: “Great Babylon, the mother of all prostitutes and perverts in the world.”
Wycliffe Bible   
And a name written in the forehead of her [And in the forehead of her a name written], Mystery, Babylon the great, mother of fornications, and of abominations [and abominations] of the earth.
New Testament for Everyone   
On her forehead was written a name: “Mystery! Babylon the Great, Mother of Whores and of Earth’s Abominations!”
Contemporary English Version   
On her forehead a mysterious name was written:
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he carried me away in spirit into the desert. There I saw a woman riding upon a scarlet animal, covered with blasphemous titles and having seven heads and ten horns. The woman herself was dressed in purple and scarlet, glittering with gold, jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup full of the earth’s filthiness and her own foul impurity. On her forehead is written a name with a secret meaning—BABYLON THE GREAT, MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS AND OF THE EARTH’S ABOMINATIONS.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth’s abominations.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ‘Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth’s abominations.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
A name—a mystery—was written on her forehead: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and the vile things of the earth.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES (false religions, heresies) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
On her forehead was written a name, which is a mystery, “Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth.”
New American Standard Bible   
and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
The Expanded Bible   
On her forehead a ·title [name] was written that was ·secret [a mystery]. This is what was written: the great babylon mother of ·prostitutes [whores] and of the ·evil [abominable; detestable] things of the earth
Tree of Life Version   
and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and the detestable things of the earth.”
Revised Standard Version   
and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.”
New International Reader's Version   
The name written on her forehead was a mystery. Here is what it said. The Great City of Babylon The Mother of Prostitutes The Mother of Everything on Earth that God Hates
BRG Bible   
And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth.
Complete Jewish Bible   
On her forehead was written a name with a hidden meaning, BAVEL THE GREAT MOTHER OF WHORES AND OF THE EARTH’S OBSCENITIES
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
A name was written on her forehead. It has a secret meaning. The name is Great Babylon, the mother of all people who give their bodies for wrong ways of using sex. The mother of all things done on earth too bad to talk about.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ‘Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth’s abominations.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And on her metsakh (forehead) a name had been written: SOD BAVEL HAGEDOLAH EM L’ZONOT V’SHIKKUTZEI HA’ARETZ (“Mystery of Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations and Idols of the Earth”).
Names of God Bible   
A name was written on her forehead. The name was Mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Detestable Things of the Earth.
Modern English Version   
On her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Easy-to-Read Version   
She had a title written on her forehead. This title has a hidden meaning. This is what was written: the great babylon mother of prostitutes and the evil things of the earth
International Children’s Bible   
She had a title written on her forehead. This title has a hidden meaning. This is what was written: THE GREAT BABYLON MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND THE EVIL THINGS OF THE EARTH.
Lexham English Bible   
And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”
New International Version - UK   
The name written on her forehead was a mystery: babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
and a name having been written upon her forehead, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth”.