King James Version

Revelation 22:8

And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

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Κἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).AndἸωάννηςiōannēsJohnἸωάννηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “John”, the subject formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.Johnὁhowhichὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichἀκούωνakouōnto hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.βλέπωνblepōnto seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.ταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὅτεhotewhenὅτεconjunction — “when”G3753when, at which time.ἤκουσαēkousato hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to hear”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἔβλεψαeblepsato seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to see”, a single actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.ἔπεσαepesato collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.προσκυνῆσαιproskunēsaito worshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to worship”, a single actionG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.ἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ποδῶνpodōnfootπούς (pous)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “foot”, the of-formG4228the foot.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγγέλουangelouangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “angel”, the of-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δεικνύοντόςdeiknuontosto showδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to show”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.This verse uses “show”.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;

World English Bible

Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

Darby Translation

And I, John, [was] he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to do homage before the feet of the angel who shewed me these things.

Douay-Rheims

And I, John, who have heard and seen these things. And after I had heard and seen, I fell down to adore before the feet of the angel, who shewed me these things.

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