King James Version

Revelation 21:11

Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

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

ἔχουσανechousanHavingἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “Having”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.Havingτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δόξανdoxangloryδόξα (doxa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the object formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.the gloryτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φωστὴρphōstērlightφωστήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “light”, the subject formG5458a light, an illuminator, perhaps the sun; a star; brilliancy.lightαὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὅμοιοςhomoioswas likeὅμοιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “was like”, the subject formG3664like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.This verse uses “like”.was likeλίθῳlithōunto a stoneλίθος (lithos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto a stone”, the to- or for-formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.unto a stoneτιμιωτάτῳtimiōtatōmost preciousτίμιος (timios)adjective, superlative, dative, singular, masculine — “most precious”, the to- or for-formG5093of great price, precious, honored.This verse uses “precious”.most preciousὡςhōseven likeὡςconjunction — “even like”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.even likeλίθῳlithōstoneλίθος (lithos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “stone”, the to- or for-formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.stoneἰάσπιδιiaspidijasperἴασπις (iaspis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “jasper”, the to- or for-formG2393jasper; a precious stone.κρυσταλλίζοντιkrustallizonticlear as crystalκρυσταλλίζω (krustallizō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “clear as crystal”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2929I am clear as crystal, brilliant like crystal.clear as crystal

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

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

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

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American Standard Version (1901)

having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

Young’s Literal Translation

having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

World English Bible

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

Darby Translation

having the glory of God. Her shining [was] like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;

Douay-Rheims

Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone, even as crystal.

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