King James Version

Ephesians 2:17

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “peace” (εἰρήνην) before those here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλθὼνelthōncameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameεὐηγγελίσατοeuēngelisatoand preachedεὐαγγελίζω (euangelizō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “and preached”, a single actionG2097I bring good news, preach good tidings, with or without an object, expressing either the persons who receive the good news or the good news itself (the good news being sometimes expressed as a person).and preachedεἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeaceεἰρήνη (eirēnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “peace”, the object formG1515peace, peace of mind; invocation of peace a common Jewish farewell, in the Hebraistic sense of the health (welfare) of an individual.This verse uses “peace”.peaceὑμῖνhuminto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “to you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.to youτοῖςtoiswhichὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.whichμακρὰνmakranlongμακρός (makrós)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “long”, the object formG3117long, distant, far; of long duration.This verse uses “long”.Strong’s files this form under G3112 (μακράν).were afar offκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeaceεἰρήνη (eirēnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “peace”, the object formG1515peace, peace of mind; invocation of peace a common Jewish farewell, in the Hebraistic sense of the health (welfare) of an individual.This verse uses “peace”.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐγγύςengusto them that were nighἐγγύςadverb — “to them that were nigh”G1451near.to them that were nigh

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having come, he did proclaim good news — peace to you — the far-off and the nigh,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

Young’s Literal Translation

and having come, he did proclaim good news — peace to you — the far-off and the nigh,

World English Bible

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

Darby Translation

and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

Douay-Rheims

And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that were nigh.

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