King James Version

1 Corinthians 10:8

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “in” (ἕν) before one here.

μηδὲmēdeNeitherμηδέconjunction — “Neither”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.Neitherπορνεύωμενporneuōmenlet us commit fornicationπορνεύω (porneuō)verb, present active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “let us commit fornication”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4203I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry.let us commit fornicationκαθώςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asτινεςtinessomeτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “some”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.someαὐτῶνautōnof themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.of themἐπόρνευσανeporneusancommittedπορνεύω (porneuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “committed”, a single actionG4203I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry.committedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔπεσανepesanfellπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “fell”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.fellμιᾷmiaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “one”, the to- or for-formG1520one.oneἡμέρᾳhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dayεἴκοσιeikosiand twentyεἴκοσι(ν) (eikosin)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “and twenty”, the subject formG1501twenty.and twentyτρεῖςtreisthreeτρεῖςadjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “three”, the subject formG5140three.χιλιάδεςchiliadesthousandχιλιάς (chilias)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “thousand”, the subject formG5505a thousand, the number one thousand.thousand

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἕνheninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Young’s Literal Translation

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

World English Bible

Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

Darby Translation

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Douay-Rheims

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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