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Revelation 12:4

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἡhēwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichοὐρὰouratailοὐράnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “tail”, the subject formG3769a tail.αὐτοῦautouherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “her”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.herσύρειsureito dragσύρω (surō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to drag”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4951I draw, drag, force away.This verse uses “drag”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τρίτονtritonthirdτρίτος (tritos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “third”, the object formG5154third.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀστέρωνasterōnstarἀστήρ (astēr)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “star”, the of-formG792a star.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἔβαλενebalento throwβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to throw”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “throw”.αὐτοὺςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (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.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δράκωνdrakōndragonδράκωνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “dragon”, the subject formG1404a dragon or huge serpent; met: Satan.ἕστηκενhestēkento standἵστημι (histēmi)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to stand”, a completed action with a present resultG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.This verse uses “stand”.ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.τῆςtēstheὁ (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.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μελλούσηςmellousēsto ensueμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “to ensue”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.τεκεῖνtekeinto it was bornτίκτω (tiktō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to it was born”, a single actionG5088I bear, bring forth, produce, beget, yield.it was bornἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.ὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.τέκῃtekēto give birth toτίκτω (tiktō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to give birth to”, a single actionG5088I bear, bring forth, produce, beget, yield.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τέκνονteknonchildτέκνονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “child”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.αὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καταφάγῃkataphagēto devourκατεσθίω (katesthiō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to devour”, a single actionG2719I eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and his tail doth draw the third of the stars of the heaven, and he did cast them to the earth; and the dragon did stand before the woman who is about to bring forth, that when she may bring forth, her child he may devour;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

Darby Translation

and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.

Douay-Rheims

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.

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