King James Version

Revelation 20:9

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “encircled” (ἐκύκλευσαν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “surrounded” (ἐκύκλωσαν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “God” (θεοῦ) before out of here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τοῦ) before heaven here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀνέβησανanebēsanthey went upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they went up”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.they went upἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πλάτοςplatosbreadthπλάτοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “breadth”, the object formG4114breadth.the breadthτῆςtēstheὁ (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 earthκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκύκλευσανekukleusancompassedκυκλεύω (kukleuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “compassed”, a single actionG6059encompasscompassedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παρεμβολὴνparembolēncampπαρεμβολή (parembolē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “camp”, the object formG3925a camp, fort, castle, barracks, army in battle array.the campτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁγίωνhagiōnof the saintsἅγιος (hagios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the saints”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.of the saintsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόλινpolincityπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “city”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἠγαπημένηνēgapēmenēnto loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “to love”, a completed action with a present resultG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατέβηkatebēcame downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came down”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.came downπῦρpurfireπῦρnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “fire”, the subject formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατέφαγενkatephagendevouredκατεσθίω (katesthiō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “devoured”, a single actionG2719I eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure.devouredαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐκύκλωσανekuklōsancompassedκυκλόω (kukloō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “compassed”, a single actionG2944I encircle, besiege, surround.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

World English Bible

They went up over the width of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.

Darby Translation

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city: and fire came down [from God] out of the heaven and devoured them.

Douay-Rheims

And there came down fire from God out of heaven, and devoured them; and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brimstone, where both the beast

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