King James Version

Acts 27:23

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

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παρέστηparestēthere stood byπαρίστημι (paristēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there stood by”, a single actionG3936I bring, present, prove, come up to and stand by, am present.there stood byγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meταύτῃtautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.νυκτὶnuktinightνύξ (nux)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “night”, the to- or for-formG3571the night, night-time.nightτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godοὗhouwhoseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “whose”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whoseεἰμιeimiI amεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I am”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.I amᾧhōwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.whomκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.λατρεύωlatreuōI serveλατρεύωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I serve”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3000I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship.This verse uses “serve”.I serveἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for there stood by me this night a messenger of God — whose I am, and whom I serve —

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American Standard Version (1901)

For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

Young’s Literal Translation

for there stood by me this night a messenger of God — whose I am, and whom I serve —

World English Bible

For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Darby Translation

For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

Douay-Rheims

For an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

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