King James Version

Revelation 20:8

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of them” (αὐτῶν) before like here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐξελεύσεταιexeleusetaishall go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall go out”, an action still aheadG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.shall go outπλανῆσαιplanēsaito deceiveπλανάω (planaō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to deceive”, a single actionG4105I lead astray, deceive, cause to wander.This verse uses “deceive”.to deceiveτὰtawhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichἔθνηethnēGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνenare inἐνpreposition — “are in”G1722in, on, among.are inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τέσσαρσιtessarsifourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “four”, the to- or for-formG5064four.the fourγωνίαιςgōniaisquartersγωνία (gōnia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “quarters”, the to- or for-formG1137a corner; met: a secret place.quartersτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsof the earthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “the earth”.of the earthτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΓὼγgōgGogΓώγnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Gog”, the object formG1136Gog, in Ezekiel a king of Magog, a land of the remote north; hence, in Revelation, of a people far remote from Palestine.Gogκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΜαγώγmagōgMagogΜαγώγnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Magog”, the object formG3098(Hebrew), Magog, sometimes as name of a people, sometimes as name of a country in the Old Testament, probably the Scythians; hence: used in apocalyptic literature.Magogσυναγαγεῖνsunagageinto gatherσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to gather”, a single actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.to gatherαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεμονpolemonbattleπόλεμος (polemos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “battle”, the object formG4171a war, battle, strife.This verse uses “battle”.battleὧνhōnof whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of whom”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.of whomὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀριθμὸςarithmosnumberἀριθμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “number”, the subject formG706a number, total.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὡςhōsis asὡςconjunction — “is as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.is asἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄμμοςammossandἄμμοςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “sand”, the subject formG285sand, sandy ground.the sandτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θαλάσσηςthalassēsof the seaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.This verse uses “the sea”.of the sea

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;

World English Bible

and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

Darby Translation

and shall go out to deceive the nations which [are] in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number [is] as the sand of the sea.

Douay-Rheims

And they came upon the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city.

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