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Revelation 14:8

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “a second” (δεύτερος) before angel here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὰ) before Gentiles here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “city” (πόλις) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “that” (ὅτι) before of here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἄλλοςallosanotherἄλλοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherδεύτεροςdeuterossecondlyδεύτεροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “secondly”, the subject formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.ἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.angelἠκολούθησενēkolouthēsento followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to follow”, a single actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.λέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingἜπεσενepesenis fallenπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is fallen”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.is fallenἔπεσενepesenis fallenπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is fallen”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.is fallenΒαβυλὼνbabulōnBabylonΒαβυλώνnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Babylon”, the subject formG897(a) Babylon, the ancient city on the Euphrates, to which the people of Jerusalem, etc., were transported, (b) hence allegorically of Rome, from the point of view of the Christian people.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μεγάληmegalēthat greatμέγας (megas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “that great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.that greatἣhēbecauseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “because”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.becauseἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οἴνουoinouwineοἶνος (oinos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “wine”, the of-formG3631wine.the wineτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θυμοῦthumouof the wrathθυμός (thumos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the wrath”, the of-formG2372an outburst of passion, wrath.This verse uses “wrath”.of the wrathτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πορνείαςporneiasfornicationπορνεία (porneia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “fornication”, the of-formG4202fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry.This verse uses “fornication”.fornicationαὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πεπότικενpepotikento waterποτίζω (potizō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to water”, a completed action with a present resultG4222I cause to drink, give to drink; irrigate, water.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πόλιςpoliscityπόλιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “city”, the subject formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “because”, the subject formG3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And another messenger did follow, saying, 'Fall, fall, did Babylon, the great city, because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom she hath given to all nations to drink.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Young’s Literal Translation

And another messenger did follow, saying, 'Fall, fall, did Babylon, the great city, because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom she hath given to all nations to drink.'

World English Bible

Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

Darby Translation

And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink.

Douay-Rheims

And another angel followed, saying: That great Babylon is fallen, is fallen; which made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

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