Revelation 12:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 12:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρὰ
ourá
G3769
tail
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
σύρει
sýrō
G4951
to drag
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
τρίτον
trítos
G5154
third
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ἀστέρων
astḗr
G792
star
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῦ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔβαλεν
bállō
G906
to throw
αὐτοὺς
autós
G846
he
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
γῆν
gē
G1093
earth
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
δράκων
drákōn
G1404
dragon
ἕστηκεν
stḗkō
G4739
to stand firm
ἐνώπιον
enṓpion
G1799
before
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
γυναικὸς
gynḗ
G1135
woman
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
μελλούσης
méllō
G3195
to be about
τεκεῖν
tíktō
G5088
to produce
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
ὅταν
hótan
G3752
when
τέκῃ
tíktō
G5088
to produce
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
τέκνον
téknon
G5043
child
αὐτῆς
autós
G846
he
καταφάγῃ
katesthíō
G2719
to devour
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
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King James Version Public Domain
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And his tail sweeps away a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them down to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman being about to give birth so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).