King James Version

Revelation 4:8

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὰ) before four here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “one of them he having” (ἓν αὐτῶν ἔχων) before respectively here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “full” (γέμουσιν) before eyes here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “saying” (λέγοντες·) before Holy here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of itself they had” (ἑαυτὸ εἴχον) before respectively here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “being full” (γέμοντα) before eyes here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “saying” (λέγοντα) before Holy here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτὰtawhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichτέσσαραtessarafourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “four”, the subject formG5064four.ζῷαzōaliving thingζῷον (zōon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “living thing”, the subject formG2226an animal, living creature.ἓνhenoneεἷς (heis)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “one”, the subject formG1520one.καθ’kathaccording toκατά (kata)preposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.ἓνhenoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG1520one.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔχωνechōnto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ἀνὰanaeachἀνάadverb — “each”G303prep. Rare in NT; prop: upwards, up; among, between; in turn; apiece, by; as a prefix: up, to, anew, back.This verse uses “each”.πτέρυγαςpterugaswingπτέρυξ (pterux)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “wing”, the object formG4420a wing, pinion.ἕξhexsixἕξadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “six”, the object formG1803six.κυκλόθενkuklothenaroundκυκλόθενadverb — “around”G2943in a circle round, round about.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔσωθενesōtheninwardlyἔσωθενadverb — “inwardly”G2081(a) from within, from inside, (b) within, inside; with the article: the inner part, the inner element, (c) the mind, soul.γέμουσινgemousinbe fullγέμω (gemō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “be full”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1073I am full of.ὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōneyeὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “eye”, the of-formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνάπαυσινanapausinrestἀνάπαυσις (anapausis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “rest”, the object formG372rest, cessation from labor, refreshment.This verse uses “rest”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἔχουσινechousinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.νυκτὸςnuktosnightνύξ (nux)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “night”, the of-formG3571the night, night-time.λέγοντεςlegontesto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.Ἅγιοςhagiosholyἅγιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “holy”, the subject formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἅγιοςhagiosholyἅγιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “holy”, the subject formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἅγιοςhagiosholyἅγιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “holy”, the subject formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεόςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.παντοκράτωρpantokratōralmightyπαντοκράτωρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “almighty”, the subject formG3841ruler of all, ruler of the universe, the almighty.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὢνōnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρχόμενοςerchomenosis to comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “is to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.is to come

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἑαυτὸheautoof itselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of itself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “itself”.εἴχονeichonhadἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this form of the verb.verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “had”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.γέμονταgemontathey were fullγέμω (gemō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they were full”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1073I am full of.λέγονταlegontasayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within [are] full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Darby Translation

And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

Douay-Rheims

And the four living creatures had each of them six wings; and round about and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

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