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Revelation 1:12

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “was speaking” (ἐλάλει) before with here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “spoke” (ἐλάλησεν) before with here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.AndἐπέστρεψαepestrepsaI turnedἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “I turned”, a single actionG1994(a) trans: I turn (back) to (towards), (b) intrans: I turn (back) (to [towards]); I come to myself.I turnedβλέπεινblepeinto seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active infinitive — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.to seeτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.φωνὴνphōnēnvoiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the object formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.the voiceἥτιςhētisthatὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “that”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.thatἐλάλειelaleispakeλαλέω (laleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “spake”, an ongoing action in the pastG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.spakeμετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meκαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐπιστρέψαςepistrepsasbeing turnedἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “being turned”, a single actionG1994(a) trans: I turn (back) to (towards), (b) intrans: I turn (back) (to [towards]); I come to myself.being turnedεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).I sawἑπτὰheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.sevenλυχνίαςluchniascandlesticksλυχνία (luchnia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “candlesticks”, the object formG3087a lamp-stand.candlesticksχρυσᾶςchrusasgoldenχρυσοῦς (chrusous)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “golden”, the object formG5552golden, made of gold, adorned with gold.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐλάλησενelalēsenspakeλαλέω (laleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “spake”, an ongoing action in the pastG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Young’s Literal Translation

And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,

World English Bible

I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.

Darby Translation

And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,

Douay-Rheims

And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks:

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