King James Version

James 5:10

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “in” (ἐν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of mine” (μου,) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὑπόδειγμαhupodeigmafor an exampleὑπόδειγμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “for an example”, the object formG5262(a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model.This verse uses “example”.for an exampleλάβετεlabeteto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.ἀδελφοίadelphoibrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κακοπαθίαςkakopathiasof suffering afflictionκακοπαθία (kakopathia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of suffering affliction”, the of-formG2552experience of evil, suffering, distress, affliction, perseverance.of suffering afflictionκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μακροθυμίαςmakrothumiasof patienceμακροθυμία (makrothumia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of patience”, the of-formG3115patience, forbearance, longsuffering.This verse uses “patience”.of patienceτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.προφήταςprophētasprophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “prophet”, the object formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.οἳhoiwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐλάλησανelalēsanto speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὀνόματιonomatinameὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “name”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

Young’s Literal Translation

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

World English Bible

Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Darby Translation

Take [as] an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of [the] Lord.

Douay-Rheims

Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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