King James Version

John 11:21

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “be dead” (ἀπέθανεν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “had died” (ἐτεθνήκει) after then would here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΜάρθαmarthaMarthaΜάρθαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Martha”, the subject formG3136Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany.Marthaπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.JesusΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifἦςēsthou hadst beenεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou hadst been”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.thou hadst beenὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hereοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἂνanifἄνparticle — “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.ἀπέθανενapethanendiedἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “died”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.diedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφόςadelphosbrotherἀδελφόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

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ἐτεθνήκειetethnēkeihadθνήσκω (thnēskō)verb, second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had”, a single actionG2348I die, am dying, am dead.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Young’s Literal Translation

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

World English Bible

Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

Darby Translation

Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

Douay-Rheims

Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

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