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Revelation 1:7

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

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ἸδοὺidouBeholdἰδούparticle — “Behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.Beholdἔρχεταιerchetaihe comethἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he cometh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.he comethμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “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”.withτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.νεφελῶνnephelōncloudsνεφέλη (nephelē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “clouds”, the of-formG3507a cloud.cloudsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὄψεταιopsetaishall seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall see”, an action still aheadG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι, gaze).shall seeαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himπᾶςpasallπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allὀφθαλμὸςophthalmoseyeὀφθαλμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “eye”, the subject formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἵτινεςhoitineswhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.αὐτὸνautonof himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “of him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of himἐξεκέντησανexekentēsanto pierceἐκκεντέω (ekkenteō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to pierce”, a single actionG1574I pierce through (or deeply), transfix.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.κόψονταιkopsontaito cutκόπτω (koptō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to cut”, an action still aheadG2875(a) I cut, cut off, strike, smite, (b) mid: I beat my breast or head in lamentation, lament, mourn, sometimes with acc. of person whose loss is mourned.ἐπ’epuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πᾶσαιpasaiallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.αἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φυλαὶphulaitribeφυλή (phulē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “tribe”, the subject formG5443a tribe or race of people.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.ναίnaiEven soναίparticle — “Even so”G3483yes, certainly, even so.This verse uses “even so”.Even soἀμήνamēnAmenἀμήνparticle — “Amen”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “amen”.Amen

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

World English Bible

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Darby Translation

Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen.

Douay-Rheims

Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.

Fulfills

Zechariah 12:10 Zechariah 12:10 · King James VersionAnd I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.Zechariah 12:10 · King James VersionOpen the Source
pierced one · NT explicit, Edersheim’s rabbinic list
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.