King James Version

Galatians 4:24

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (αἱ) before two here.

ἅτινάhatinaWhich thingsὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “Which things”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.Which thingsἐστινestinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.areἀλληγορούμεναallēgoroumenaan allegoryἀλληγορέω (allēgoreō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “an allegory”, an ongoing or repeated actionG238I speak allegorically.an allegoryαὗταιhautaitheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, feminine — “these”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.theseγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.εἰσινeisinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.areδύοduotwoδύοadjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “two”, the subject formG1417two.the twoδιαθῆκαιdiathēkaicovenantsδιαθήκη (diathēkē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “covenants”, the subject formG1242(a) a covenant between two parties, (b) (the ordinary, everyday sense [found a countless number of times in papyri]) a will, testament.covenantsμίαmiaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.the oneμὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromὄρουςorousmountὄρος (oros)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mount”, the of-formG3735a mountain, hill.the mountΣινᾶsinaSinaiΣινᾶnoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Sinai”, the of-formG4614Sinai, a mountain in Arabia.Sinaiεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toδουλείανdouleianbondageδουλεία (douleia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “bondage”, the object formG1397slavery, bondage.This verse uses “bondage”.bondageγεννῶσαgennōsato begetγεννάω (gennaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to beget”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.This verse uses “beget”.ἥτιςhētiswhichὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whichἐστὶνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἉγάρhagarAgarἉγάρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Agar”, the subject formG28Hagar, the servant of Sarah, concubine of Abraham.Agar

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αἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.

Young’s Literal Translation

which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;

World English Bible

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

Darby Translation

Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.

Douay-Rheims

Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from mount Sina, engendering unto bondage; which is Agar:

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