In Revelation 9 of Revelation .
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “it was” (ἦν,) before in here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
καὶ kai And καὶ kai And καί conjunction — “And” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. And ἔχουσιν echousin they had ἔχουσιν echousin they had ἔχω (echō) verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they had”, an ongoing or repeated action G2192 I have, hold, possess. they had οὐρὰς ouras tails οὐρὰς ouras tails οὐρά (oura) noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “tails”, the object form G3769 a tail. tails ὁμοίας homoias like ὁμοίας homoias like ὅμοιος (homoios) adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “like”, the object form G3664 like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank. This verse uses “like”. like σκορπίοις skorpiois unto scorpions σκορπίοις skorpiois unto scorpions σκορπίος (skorpios) noun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto scorpions”, the to- or for-form G4651 a scorpion. unto scorpions καὶ kai and καὶ kai and καί conjunction — “and” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. and κέντρα, kentra stings κέντρα kentra stings κέντρον (kentron) noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “stings”, the object form G2759 a sting, goad; met: of death. stings καὶ kai and καὶ kai and καί conjunction — “and” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. and ἐν en in ἐν en in ἐν preposition — “in” G1722 in, on, among. ταῖς tais the ταῖς tais the ὁ (ho) article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-form G3588 the, the definite article. οὐραῖς ourais tail οὐραῖς ourais tail οὐρά (oura) noun, dative, plural, feminine — “tail”, the to- or for-form G3769 a tail. αὐτῶν autōn their αὐτῶν autōn their αὐτός (autos) personal pronoun, genitive, plural, feminine — “their”, the of-form G846 he, she, it, they, them, same. their ἡ hē the ἡ hē the ὁ (ho) article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject form G3588 the, the definite article. ἐξουσία exousia power ἐξουσία exousia power ἐξουσία noun, nominative, singular, feminine — “power”, the subject form G1849 (a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power. This verse uses “power”. power αὐτῶν autōn he αὐτῶν autōn he αὐτός (autos) personal pronoun, genitive, plural, feminine — “he”, the of-form G846 he, she, it, they, them, same. ἀδικῆσαι adikēsai to was to hurt ἀδικῆσαι adikēsai to was to hurt ἀδικέω (adikeō) verb, aorist active infinitive — “to was to hurt”, a single action G91 I act unjustly towards, injure, harm. was to hurt τοὺς tous the τοὺς tous the ὁ (ho) article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object form G3588 the, the definite article. ἀνθρώπους anthrōpous men ἀνθρώπους anthrōpous men ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “men”, the object form G444 a man, one of the human race. men μῆνας mēnas months μῆνας mēnas months μήν (mēn) noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “months”, the object form G3376 a (lunar) month. months πέντε. pente five πέντε pente five πέντε adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “five”, the object form G4002 five. Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἦν, ēn there were ἦν ēn there were εἰμί (eimi) verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there were”, an ongoing action in the past G1510 I am, exist. Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;
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American Standard Version (1901) And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
Young’s Literal Translation and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;
World English Bible They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
Darby Translation and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.
Douay-Rheims And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had over them
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