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Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they will weep” (κλαύσουσιν) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will weep” (κλαύσονται) before [for] her here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “her” (αὐτὴν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andκλαύσουσινklausousinshall bewailκλαίω (klaiō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall bewail”, an action still aheadG2799I weep, weep for, mourn, lament.shall bewailκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκόψονταιkopsontailamentκόπτω (koptō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “lament”, an action still aheadG2875(a) I cut, cut off, strike, smite, (b) mid: I beat my breast or head in lamentation, lament, mourn, sometimes with acc. of person whose loss is mourned.lamentἐπ’epforἐπί (epi)preposition — “for”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.forαὐτὴνautēnherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “her”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.herοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλεῖςbasileiskingβασιλεύς (basileus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “king”, the subject formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.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.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.αὐτῆςautēsof herαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of her”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of herπορνεύσαντεςporneusantesto sin sexuallyπορνεύω (porneuō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to sin sexually”, a single actionG4203I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.στρηνιάσαντεςstrēniasantesto revelστρηνιάω (strēniaō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to revel”, a single actionG4763I live luxuriously, revel, riot.ὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.βλέπωσινblepōsinto seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καπνὸνkapnonsmokeκαπνός (kapnos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “smoke”, the object formG2586smoke.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πυρώσεωςpurōseōsburningπύρωσις (purōsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “burning”, the of-formG4451a burning, trial, fiery test.burningαὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

κλαύσονταιklausontaishall bewailκλαίω (klaiō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall bewail”, an action still aheadG2799I weep, weep for, mourn, lament.αὐτὴνautēnherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “her”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth, who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,

Young’s Literal Translation

and weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth, who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,

World English Bible

The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,

Darby Translation

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

Douay-Rheims

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep, and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning:

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