King James Version

Acts 14:16

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

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ὃςhosWhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.Whoἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.παρῳχημέναιςparōchēmenaispastπαροίχομαι (paroichomai)verb, perfect middle participle, dative, plural, feminine — “past”, a completed action with a present resultG3944I pass away time.pastγενεαῖςgeneaisgenerationγενεά (genea)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “generation”, the to- or for-formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.εἴασενeiasensufferedἐάω (eaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “suffered”, a single actionG1439I allow, permit, let alone, leave.sufferedπάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēnationsἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “nations”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.nationsπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaito walkπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to walk”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.to walkταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδοῖςhodoiswaysὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “ways”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.waysαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

who in the past generations did suffer all the nations to go on in their ways,

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American Standard Version (1901)

who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

Young’s Literal Translation

who in the past generations did suffer all the nations to go on in their ways,

World English Bible

who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

Darby Translation

who in the past generations suffered all the nations to go in their own ways,

Douay-Rheims

Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

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