Verse Comparison: Revelation 17:5
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.
Amplified® Bible
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.
Darby English Version
and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations 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."
King James Version
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF 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.'