King James Version

1 Corinthians 10:4

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτὸautosameαὐτός (autos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “same”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “same”.the sameπνευματικὸνpneumatikonspiritualπνευματικός (pneumatikos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “spiritual”, the object formG4152spiritual.spiritualἔπιονepionthey drankπίνω (pinō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they drank”, a single actionG4095I drink, imbibe.they drankπόμαpomadrinkπόμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “drink”, the object formG4188drink.ἔπινονepinonto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to drink”, an ongoing action in the pastG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofπνευματικῆςpneumatikēsthat spiritualπνευματικός (pneumatikos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “that spiritual”, the of-formG4152spiritual.that spiritualἀκολουθούσηςakolouthousēsthat followed themἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “that followed them”, an ongoing or repeated actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.that followed themπέτραςpetrasthat Rockπέτρα (petra)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “that Rock”, the of-formG4073a rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground.that Rockἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πέτραpetrarockπέτραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “rock”, the subject formG4073a rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christ

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

Translation Note

ἡ πέτρα δὲ ἦν ὁ Χριστός. ἦν is εἰμί, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular, “was.” The participle ἀκολουθούσης is “that followed.” The King James reads “that rock was Christ.”

The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “meant the Christ.” Its study note says the verb can mean “to signify” or “was.” Exodus 17:6 is water from the rock at Horeb. Numbers 20 is water from the rock at Kadesh. The Textus Receptus keeps πέτρα, “rock.” The word order differs: the SBL text has πνευματικὸν ἔπιον πόμα and ἡ πέτρα δὲ, and the Textus Receptus has πόμα, πνευματικὸν ἔπιον and ἡ δὲ πέτρα.

King James Version. And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they used to drink from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock meant the Christ.” Watchtower Online Library

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American Standard Version (1901)

and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation

and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

World English Bible

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

Darby Translation

and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed [them]: (now the rock was the Christ;)

Douay-Rheims

And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)

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