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Revelation 6:4

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “it” (αὐτὸν) before was granted here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from” (ἐκ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they will slay” (σφάξουσιν.) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they may slay” (σφάξωσιν) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to him” (αὐτῷ) before sword here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐξῆλθενexēlthenthere went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.there went outἄλλοςallosanotherἄλλοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherἵπποςhipposhorseἵπποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “horse”, the subject formG2462a horse.horseπυρρόςpurrosthat was redπυρρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “that was red”, the subject formG4450red, fire-colored.This verse uses “red”.that was redκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.καθημένῳkathēmenōthat satκάθημαι (kathēmai)verb, present middle participle, dative, singular, masculine — “that sat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2521I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.that satἐπ’epthereonἐπί (epi)preposition — “thereon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.thereonαὐτὸνautonunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himἐδόθηedothēto giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.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.εἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeaceεἰρήνη (eirēnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “peace”, the object formG1515peace, peace of mind; invocation of peace a common Jewish farewell, in the Hebraistic sense of the health (welfare) of an individual.This verse uses “peace”.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.ἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “one another”, the object formG240one another, each other.σφάξουσινsphaxousinto slaughterσφάζω (sphazō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to slaughter”, an action still aheadG4969I slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐδόθηedothēto giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.μάχαιραmachairaswordμάχαιραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “sword”, the subject formG3162a sword.swordμεγάληmegalēgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.σφάξωσινsphaxōsinthey should killσφάζω (sphazō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they should kill”, an action still aheadG4969I slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally.αὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there went forth another horse — red, and to him who is sitting upon it, there was given to him to take the peace from the land, and that one another they may slay, and there was given to him a great sword.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Another came out, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

Darby Translation

And another, a red horse, went forth; and to him that sat upon it, to him it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Douay-Rheims

And there went out another horse that was red: and to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and a great sword was given to him.

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