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Revelation 12:15

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “her” (αὐτὴν) before carried away here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “this [one]” (ταὐτὴν) before carried away here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἔβαλενebalencastβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.castὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὄφιςophissnakeὄφιςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “snake”, the subject formG3789a serpent, snake; used of the devil or Satan.ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στόματοςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωpreposition — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.afterτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γυναικὸςgunaikoswomanγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “woman”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.the womanὕδωρhudōrwaterὕδωρnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “water”, the object formG5204water.ὡςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.ποταμόνpotamonriverποταμός (potamos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “river”, the object formG4215a river, torrent, stream.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatαὐτὴνautēnherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “her”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.herποταμοφόρητονpotamophorētonto be carried away of the floodποταμοφόρητος (potamophorētos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “to be carried away of the flood”, the object formG4216carried away by a stream.to be carried away of the floodποιήσῃpoiēsēto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

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ταὐτὴνtautēnherταύτῃ (tautē)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “her”, the object formG5026

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

World English Bible

The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

Darby Translation

And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be [as] one carried away by a river.

Douay-Rheims

And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman, water as it were a river; that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

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