King James Version

Revelation 8:4

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀνέβηanebēascended upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “ascended up”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.ascended upὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.καπνὸςkapnossmokeκαπνόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “smoke”, the subject formG2586smoke.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θυμιαμάτωνthumiamatōnincenseθυμίαμα (thumiama)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “incense”, the of-formG2368incense.ταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.προσευχαῖςproseuchaisprayerπροσευχή (proseuchē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “prayer”, the to- or for-formG4335(a) prayer (to God), (b) a place for prayer (used by Jews, perhaps where there was no synagogue).This verse uses “prayer”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁγίωνhagiōnholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “holy”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofχειρὸςcheiroshandχείρ (cheir)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “hand”, the of-formG5495a hand.handτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγγέλουangelouangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “angel”, the of-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and go up did the smoke of the perfumes to the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the messenger, before God;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

Young’s Literal Translation

and go up did the smoke of the perfumes to the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the messenger, before God;

World English Bible

The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

Darby Translation

And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the angel before God.

Douay-Rheims

And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel.

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