King James Version

Revelation 17:10

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before when here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andβασιλεῖςbasileiskingsβασιλεύς (basileus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “kings”, the subject formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.kingsἑπτάheptasevenἑπτάadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “seven”, the subject formG2033seven.εἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πέντεpentefiveπέντεadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “five”, the subject formG4002five.fiveἔπεσανepesanare fallenπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are fallen”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.are fallenὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.εἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneἔστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄλλοςallosand the otherἄλλοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “and the other”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “other”.and the otherοὔπωoupōnot yetοὔπωadverb — “not yet”G3768not yet.not yetἦλθενēlthencomeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenἔλθῃelthēhe comethἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he cometh”, a single actionG2064I come, go.he comethὀλίγονoligona short spaceὀλίγος (oligos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “a short space”, the object formG3641(a) especially in plur: few, (b) in sing: small; hence, of time: short, of degree: light, slight, little.a short spaceαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δεῖdeibindδέω (déō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bind”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1210I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.Strong’s files this form under G1163 (δεῖ).μεῖναιmeinaito stayμένω (menō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to stay”, a single actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there are seven kings, the five did fall, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it behoveth him to remain a little time;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

Young’s Literal Translation

and there are seven kings, the five did fall, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it behoveth him to remain a little time;

World English Bible

They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.

Darby Translation

And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes he must remain [only] a little while.

Douay-Rheims

Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time.

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