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Revelation 7:2

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “is ascending” (ἀναβαίνοντα) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “was ascending” (ἀναβάντα) before from here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (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 sawἄλλονallonanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “another”, the object formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherἄγγελονangelonangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the object formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.angelἀναβαίνονταanabainontaascendingἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “ascending”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.ascendingἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromἀνατολῆςanatolēseastἀνατολή (anatolē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “east”, the of-formG395(a) rising of the sun, hence (b) (sing. and plur.) the quarter whence the sun rises, the East.the eastἡλίουhēliousunἥλιος (hēlios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “sun”, the of-formG2246the sun, sunlight.ἔχονταechontahavingἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “having”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.havingσφραγῖδαsphragidasealσφραγίς (sphragis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “seal”, the object formG4973a seal, signet ring, the impression of a seal, that which the seal attests, the proof.the sealθεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godζῶντοςzōntosto liveζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to live”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔκραξενekraxenhe criedκράζω (krazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he cried”, a single actionG2896I cry aloud, shriek.he criedφωνῇphōnēvoiceφωνήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the to- or for-formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.voiceμεγάλῃmegalēgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “great”, the to- or for-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τέσσαρσινtessarsinto the fourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “to the four”, the to- or for-formG5064four.to the fourἀγγέλοιςangeloisangelsἄγγελος (angelos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “angels”, the to- or for-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.angelsοἷςhoisto whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “to whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.to whomἐδόθηedothēwas givenδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was given”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.was givenαὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀδικῆσαιadikēsaito hurtἀδικέω (adikeō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to hurt”, a single actionG91I act unjustly towards, injure, harm.to hurtτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object 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 sea

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀναβάνταanabantaascendingἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “ascending”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

Darby Translation

And I saw another angel ascending from [the] sunrising, having [the] seal of [the] living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Douay-Rheims

And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

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