And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “this thing” (τοῦτο) before I saw here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (Καὶ) before After here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “these things” (ταῦτα) before I saw here.
Μετὰmetaafterμετάpreposition — “after”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “after”.afterτοῦτοtoutothese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).I sawτέσσαραςtessarasfourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “four”, the object formG5064four.fourἀγγέλουςangelousangelsἄγγελος (angelos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “angels”, the object formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.angelsἑστῶταςhestōtasstandingἵστημι (histēmi)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “standing”, a completed action with a present resultG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.standingἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τέσσαραςtessarasfourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “four”, the object formG5064four.the fourγωνίαςgōniascornersγωνία (gōnia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “corners”, the object formG1137a corner; met: a secret place.cornersτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsof the earthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “the earth”.of the earthκρατοῦνταςkratountasholdingκρατέω (krateō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “holding”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2902I am strong, mighty, hence: I rule, am master, prevail; I obtain, take hold of; I hold, hold fast.holdingτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τέσσαραςtessarasfourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “four”, the object formG5064four.the fourἀνέμουςanemouswindsἄνεμος (anemos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “winds”, the object formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.windsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsof the earthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “the earth”.of the earthἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.πνέῃpneēshouldπνέω (pneō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “should”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4154I blow, breathe, as the wind.shouldἄνεμοςanemoswindἄνεμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “wind”, the subject formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.ἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῆςtēstheὁ (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.the earthμήτεmētenorμήτεconjunction — “nor”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “nor”.norἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θαλάσσηςthalassēsseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaμήτεmētenorμήτεconjunction — “nor”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “nor”.norἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onπᾶνpananyπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “any”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.anyδένδρονdendrontreeδένδρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “tree”, the object formG1186a tree.tree
And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;
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American Standard Version (1901)
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.
Young’s Literal Translation
And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;
World English Bible
After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
Darby Translation
And after this I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding fast the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree.
Douay-Rheims
After these things, I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that they should not blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor on any tree.
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