The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Jesus here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Οὐχὶouchinotοὐχίparticle — “not”G3780by no means, not at all.notδώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “twelve”, the subject formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.twelveὧραίhōraihoursὥρα (hōra)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “hours”, the subject formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.hoursεἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραςhēmerasin the dayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “in the day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.in the dayἐάνean? Ifἐάνconjunction — “? If”G1437if.? Ifτιςtisany manτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “any man”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.any manπεριπατῇperipatēwalkπεριπατέω (peripateō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “walk”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4043I walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): I conduct my life, live.This verse uses “walk”.walkἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέρᾳhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notπροσκόπτειproskopteito strikeπροσκόπτω (proskoptō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to strike”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4350I stumble, strike the foot against, beat upon, take offense at.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.φῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.the lightτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμουkosmouworldκόσμος (kosmos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “world”, the of-formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.worldτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.βλέπειblepeito seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;
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American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;
World English Bible
Jesus answered, “Aren’ t there twelve hours of daylight ? If a man walks in the day , he doesn’ t stumble , because he sees the light of this world .
Darby Translation
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
Douay-Rheims
Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world:
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