King James Version

Revelation 16:13

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “as frogs” (ὡς βάτραχοι.) after unclean here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “like frogs” (ὁμοία βατράχοις) after unclean here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).I sawἐκekcome out ofἐκpreposition — “come out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.come 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.the mouthτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δράκοντοςdrakontosof the dragonδράκων (drakōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the dragon”, the of-formG1404a dragon or huge serpent; met: Satan.of the dragonκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκekout 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.the mouthτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θηρίουthēriouof the beastθηρίον (thērion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the beast”, the of-formG2342properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute.of the beastκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκekout 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.the mouthτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ψευδοπροφήτουpseudoprophētouof the false prophetψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophētēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the false prophet”, the of-formG5578a false prophet; one who in God's name teaches what is false.of the false prophetπνεύματαpneumataspiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “spirit”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.τρίαtriathreeτρεῖς (treis)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “three”, the object formG5140three.ἀκάθαρταakathartauncleanἀκάθαρτος (akathartos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “unclean”, the object formG169unclean, impure.This verse uses “unclean”.ὡςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.βάτραχοιbatrachoifrogβάτραχος (batrachos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “frog”, the subject formG944a frog.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁμοίαhomoialikeὅμοιος (homoios)particle — “like”G3664like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.This verse uses “like”.βατράχοιςbatrachoisfrogsβάτραχος (batrachos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “frogs”, the subject formG944a frog.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and I saw [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs —

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:

Young’s Literal Translation

and I saw [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs —

World English Bible

I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;

Darby Translation

And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs;

Douay-Rheims

And I saw from the mouth of the dragon, and from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.

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