King James Version

Acts 11:9

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to me” (μοι) before [the] voice here.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.φωνὴphōnēvoiceφωνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the subject formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.ἐκekagainἐκpreposition — “again”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.againδευτέρουdeuterousecondlyδεύτερος (deuteros)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “secondly”, the of-formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.ἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenἋhaWhatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “What”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “what”.Whatὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἐκαθάρισενekatharisenhath cleansedκαθαρίζω (katharizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath cleansed”, a single actionG2511I cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context.hath cleansedσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.κοίνουkoinoucommonκοινόω (koinoō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “common”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2840I make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean.common

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

World English Bible

But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘ What God has cleansed , don’ t you call unclean .’

Darby Translation

And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common.

Douay-Rheims

And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean, do not thou call common.

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