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Revelation 4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “You” (ὁ) before Lord here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the God of us” (ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν,) before receive here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they were existing and” (ἦσαν καὶ) before were created here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they exist” (εἰσιν) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

Ἄξιοςaxiosworthyἄξιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “worthy”, the subject formG514worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable.This verse uses “worthy”.worthyεἶeito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosO Lordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “O Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.O Lordκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).λαβεῖνlabeinto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.τὴνtēntheὁ (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.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τιμὴνtimēnhonorτιμή (timē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “honor”, the object formG5092a price, honor.This verse uses “honor”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δύναμινdunaminpowerδύναμις (dunamis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “power”, the object formG1411(a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.This verse uses “power”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.σὺsuyouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “you”, the subject formG4771you.ἔκτισαςektisaswere createdκτίζω (ktizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “were created”, a single actionG2936I create, form, shape, make, always of God.were createdτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θέλημάthelēmawillθέλημαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “will”, the object formG2307an act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires.This verse uses “will”.σουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἦσανēsanto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐκτίσθησανektisthēsanto createκτίζω (ktizō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to create”, a single actionG2936I create, form, shape, make, always of God.This verse uses “create”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰσινeisinthey areεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they are”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou — Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou — Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

World English Bible

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”

Darby Translation

Thou art worthy, O our Lord and [our] God, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.

Douay-Rheims

Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory, and honour, and power: because thou hast created all things; and for thy will they were, and have been created.

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