Revelation 14:3
And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
BSB
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ASV
and they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.
KJV
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
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Commentary
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34 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ᾄδουσιν | adousin | they are singing | G103 → |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 → |
| ᾠδὴν | ōdēn | a song | G5603 → |
| καινὴν | kainēn | new | G2537 → |
| ἐνώπιον | enōpion | before | G1799 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| θρόνου | thronou | throne | G2362 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐνώπιον | enōpion | before | G1799 → |
| τῶν | tōn | the | G3588 → |
| τεσσάρων | tessarōn | four | G5064 → |
| ζῴων | zōōn | living creatures | G2226 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τῶν | tōn | the | G3588 → |
| πρεσβυτέρων, | presbuterōn | elders, | G4245 → |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | no [one] | G3762 → |
| ἐδύνατο | edunato | was able | G1410 → |
| μαθεῖν | mathein | to learn | G3129 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| ᾠδὴν | ōdēn | song | G5603 → |
| εἰ | ei | only | G1487 → |
| μὴ | mē | except | G3361 → |
| αἱ | hai | the | G3588 → |
| ἑκατὸν | hekaton | one hundred | G1540 → |
| τεσσεράκοντα | tesserakonta | forty | G5062 → |
| τέσσαρες | tessares | four | G5064 → |
| χιλιάδες, | chiliades | thousand | G5505 → |
| οἱ | hoi | who | G3588 → |
| ἠγορασμένοι | ēgorasmenoi | redeemed | G59 → |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| γῆς. | gēs | earth. | G1093 → |
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