King James Version

Revelation 21:19

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

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

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεμέλιοιthemelioifoundationsθεμέλιος (themelios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “foundations”, the subject formG2310(properly, an adj: belonging to the foundation), a foundation stone.the foundationsτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τείχουςteichousof the wallτεῖχος (teichos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the wall”, the of-formG5038a wall, especially of a city.of the wallτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōsof the cityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.of the cityπαντὶpantiall manner ofπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “all manner of”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all manner ofλίθῳlithōstonesλίθος (lithos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “stones”, the to- or for-formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.stonesτιμίῳtimiōpreciousτίμιος (timios)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “precious”, the to- or for-formG5093of great price, precious, honored.This verse uses “precious”.κεκοσμημένοιkekosmēmenoito arrangeκοσμέω (kosmeō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to arrange”, a completed action with a present resultG2885I put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεμέλιοςthemeliosfoundationθεμέλιοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “foundation”, the subject formG2310(properly, an adj: belonging to the foundation), a foundation stone.foundationὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρῶτοςprōtosfirstπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.ἴασπιςiaspiswas jasperἴασπιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “was jasper”, the subject formG2393jasper; a precious stone.was jasperὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δεύτεροςdeuterossecondδεύτεροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “second”, the subject formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.This verse uses “second”.the secondσάπφιροςsapphirossapphireσάπφιροςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “sapphire”, the subject formG4552a sapphire.sapphireὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τρίτοςtritosthirdτρίτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “third”, the subject formG5154third.the thirdχαλκηδώνchalkēdōna chalcedonyχαλκηδώνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a chalcedony”, the subject formG5472chalcedony, a small stone of various colors.a chalcedonyὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τέταρτοςtetartosfourthτέταρτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “fourth”, the subject formG5067fourth.the fourthσμάραγδοςsmaragdosan emeraldσμάραγδοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an emerald”, the subject formG4665an emerald.an emerald

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

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

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

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American Standard Version (1901)

The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

Young’s Literal Translation

and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

World English Bible

The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Darby Translation

the foundations of the wall of the city [were] adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

Douay-Rheims

And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper: the second, sapphire: the third, a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald:

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