These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “in the days” (τὰς ἡμέρας) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὴν) before earth here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “days” (ἡμέραις) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
οὗτοιhoutoiTheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “These”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.Theseἔχουσινechousinhaveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.haveτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξουσίανexousianpowerἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “power”, the object formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “power”.powerκλεῖσαιkleisaito shutκλείω (kleiō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to shut”, a single actionG2808I shut, shut up.This verse uses “shut”.to shutτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανόνouranonheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὑετὸςhuetosrainὑετόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “rain”, the subject formG5205rain.βρέχῃbrechēit rainβρέχω (brechō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “it rain”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1026I moisten, rain, send rain.This verse uses “rain”.it rainτὰςtasinὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “in”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.inἡμέραςhēmerasdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the daysτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφητείαςprophēteiasprophecyπροφητεία (prophēteia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “prophecy”, the of-formG4394prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth.prophecyαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξουσίανexousianauthorityἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “authority”, the object formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “authority”.ἔχουσινechousinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὑδάτωνhudatōnwaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.στρέφεινstrepheinto turnστρέφω (strephō)verb, present active infinitive — “to turn”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4762I turn, am converted, change, change my direction.This verse uses “turn”.αὐτὰautaheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.αἷμαhaimabloodαἷμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “blood”, the object formG129blood (especially as shed).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πατάξαιpataxaito smiteπατάσσω (patassō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to smite”, a single actionG3960I smite, strike (as with a sword), smite to death, afflict.to smiteτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.πάσῃpasēwith allπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “with all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.with allπληγῇplēgēplaguesπληγήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “plagues”, the to- or for-formG4127a blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague.plaguesὁσάκιςhosakisas oftenὁσάκιςconjunction — “as often”G3740as often as, as many times as.as oftenἐὰνeanasἐάνparticle — “as”G1437if.asθελήσωσινthelēsōsinthey willθέλω (thelō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “they will”, a single actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.they will
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
These have authority to shut the heaven, that it may not rain rain in the days of their prophecy, and authority they have over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the land with every plague, as often as they may will.
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American Standard Version (1901)
These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.
Young’s Literal Translation
These have authority to shut the heaven, that it may not rain rain in the days of their prophecy, and authority they have over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the land with every plague, as often as they may will.
World English Bible
These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
Darby Translation
These have power to shut the heaven that no rain may fall during the days of their prophecy; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth as often as they will with every plague.
Douay-Rheims
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues as often as they will.
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