King James Version

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “wonder” (θαῦμα·) before himself here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “wonderful” (θαυμαστόν) before himself here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.noθαῦμαthaumamarvelθαῦμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “marvel”, the subject formG2295(a) concr: a marvel, wonder, (b) abstr: wonder, amazement.marvelαὐτὸςautoshimselfαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himselfγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΣατανᾶςsatanasSatanΣατανᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Satan”, the subject formG4567an adversary, Satan.This verse uses “Satan”.μετασχηματίζεταιmetaschēmatizetaiis transformedμετασχηματίζω (metaschēmatizō)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “is transformed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3345I change the outward appearance (the dress, the form of presentment) of something, transfigure; I adapt.is transformedεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoἄγγελονangelonan angelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “an angel”, the object formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.This verse uses “an angel”.an angelφωτόςphōtosof lightφῶς (phōs)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of light”, the of-formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.of light

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

θαυμαστόνthaumastonmarvelθαυμαστός (thaumastos)noun, nominative, singular, neuter — “marvel”, the subject formG2298to be wondered at, wonderful, marvelous.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and no wonder — for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

Young’s Literal Translation

and no wonder — for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

World English Bible

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

Darby Translation

And [it is] not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

Douay-Rheims

And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light.

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