And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the voice that” (ἡ φωνὴ ἣν) before I heard here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “[was] like that” (ὡς) before harpists here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “voice” (φωνὴν) before I heard here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.AndἤκουσαēkousaI heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “I heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.I heardφωνὴνphōnēna voiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a voice”, the object formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.a voiceἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (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.heavenὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asφωνὴνphōnēnvoiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the object formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.the voiceὑδάτωνhudatōnwatersὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “waters”, the of-formG5204water.watersπολλῶνpollōnmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “much”, the of-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asφωνὴνphōnēnvoiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the object formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.the voiceβροντῆςbrontēsthunderβροντή (brontē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “thunder”, the of-formG1027thunder.thunderμεγάληςmegalēsgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “great”, the of-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φωνὴphōnēvoiceφωνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the subject formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.the voiceἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἤκουσαēkousato hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to hear”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.ὡςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.κιθαρῳδῶνkitharōdōnof harpersκιθαρῳδός (kitharōdos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of harpers”, the of-formG2790a harpist, one who sings with harp as accompaniment.of harpersκιθαριζόντωνkitharizontōnharpingκιθαρίζω (kitharizō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “harping”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2789intrans. and trans: I play on the harp, I harp, with acc. of the tune.harpingἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κιθάραιςkitharaisharpsκιθάρα (kithara)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “harps”, the to- or for-formG2788a harp, lyre.harpsαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
and I heard a voice out of the heaven, as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder, and a voice I heard of harpers harping with their harps,
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American Standard Version (1901)
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard was as the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Young’s Literal Translation
and I heard a voice out of the heaven, as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder, and a voice I heard of harpers harping with their harps,
World English Bible
I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.
Darby Translation
And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard [was] as of harp-singers harping with their harps;
Douay-Rheims
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps.
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