And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (οἱ) before men here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐγένοντοegenontothere wereγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “there were”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.there wereἀστραπαὶastrapailightningsἀστραπή (astrapē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “lightnings”, the subject formG796a flash of lightning, brightness, luster.lightningsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andφωναὶphōnaivoiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “voice”, the subject formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.βρονταίbrontaithunderβροντή (brontē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “thunder”, the subject formG1027thunder.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.σεισμὸςseismosearthquakeσεισμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “earthquake”, the subject formG4578a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.earthquakeἐγένετοegenetowasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.wasμέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.greatοἷοςhoiossuch asοἷοςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “such as”, the subject formG3634of what kind, such as.This verse uses “such as”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἀφ’aphaway fromἀπό (apo)preposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.οὗhouwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoimenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.ἐγένοντοegenontowereγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “were”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.τηλικοῦτοςtēlikoutosso greatτηλικοῦτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “so great”, the subject formG5082so great, so large, important.σεισμὸςseismosearthquakeσεισμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “earthquake”, the subject formG4578a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.οὕτωhoutōthusοὕτω(ς) (houtōs)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.μέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake — so great!
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American Standard Version (1901)
and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
Young’s Literal Translation
and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake — so great!
World English Bible
There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake such as has not happened since there were men on the earth—so great an earthquake and so mighty.
Darby Translation
And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
Douay-Rheims
And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, such an one as never had been since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
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