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Hebrews 11:15

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they do remember” (μνημονεύουσιν) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they came out” (ἐξέβησαν,) before they had here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they were remembering” (ἐμνημόνευον) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they went out” (ἐξῆλθον) before they had here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifμὲνmenon 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.ἐκείνηςekeinēsof thatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.of thatμνημονεύουσινmnēmoneuousinthey do rememberμνημονεύω (mnēmoneuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they do remember”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3421I remember, hold in remembrance, make mention of.This verse uses “remember”.ἀφ’aphcountry fromἀπό (apo)preposition — “country from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.country fromἧςhēswhenceὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “whence”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whenceἐξέβησανexebēsanthey came outἐκβαίνω (ekbainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they came out”, a single actionG6092to_step_outthey came outεἶχονeichonhave hadἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have had”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.have hadἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.καιρὸνkaironopportunityκαιρός (kairos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “opportunity”, the object formG2540fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.This verse uses “opportunity”.opportunityἀνακάμψαιanakampsaito have returnedἀνακάμπτω (anakamptō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to have returned”, a single actionG344I bend or turn back; I return.to have returned

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ἐμνημόνευονemnēmoneuonthey had been mindfulμνημονεύω (mnēmoneuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they had been mindful”, an ongoing action in the pastG3421I remember, hold in remembrance, make mention of.ἐξῆλθονexēlthonthey came outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they came out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Young’s Literal Translation

and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

World English Bible

If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

Darby Translation

And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

Douay-Rheims

And truly if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they had doubtless time to return.

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