King James Version

Revelation 11:16

And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before worshiped here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοἱhoiwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichεἴκοσιeikositwentyεἴκοσι(ν) (eikosin)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “twenty”, the subject formG1501twenty.τέσσαρεςtessaresfourτέσσαρεςadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “four”, the subject formG5064four.πρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroielderπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “elder”, the subject formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.beforeτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godκαθήμενοιkathēmenoito sitκάθημαι (kathēmai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to sit”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2521I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.This verse uses “sit”.ἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θρόνουςthronousseatsθρόνος (thronos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “seats”, the object formG2362a (king's) throne, seat; meton: power, dominion; a potentate.seatsαὐτῶνautōntheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “their”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.theirἔπεσανepesanto collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρόσωπαprosōpafacesπρόσωπον (prosōpon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “faces”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.facesαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσεκύνησανprosekunēsanworshippedπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “worshipped”, a single actionG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.worshippedτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōGodθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.God

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

Young’s Literal Translation

and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,

World English Bible

The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God’s throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Darby Translation

And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

Douay-Rheims

And the four and twenty ancients, who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:

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