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Revelation 9:3

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καπνοῦkapnousmokeκαπνός (kapnos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “smoke”, the of-formG2586smoke.the smokeἐξῆλθονexēlthonto go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to go out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.ἀκρίδεςakrideslocustsἀκρίς (akris)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “locusts”, the subject formG200a locust.locustsεἰςeisuponεἰςpreposition — “upon”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.uponτὴνtēntheὁ (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”.andἐδόθηedothēwas givenδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was given”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.was givenαὐταῖςautaisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐξουσίαexousiapowerἐξουσίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “power”, the subject formG1849(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”.powerὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἔχουσινechousinhaveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.haveἐξουσίανexousianpowerἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “power”, the object formG1849(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”.powerοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.σκορπίοιskorpioiscorpionσκορπίος (skorpios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “scorpion”, the subject formG4651a scorpion.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.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Young’s Literal Translation

And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,

World English Bible

Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Darby Translation

And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;

Douay-Rheims

And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power:

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