The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
τεκνίαtekniaLittle childrenτεκνίον (teknion)noun, vocative, plural, neuter — “Little children”, the calling formG5040a little child.Little childrenἔτιetiyetἔτιadverb — “yet”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “yet”.yetμικρὸνmikrona little whileμικρός (mikros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “a little while”, the object formG3398little, small.This verse uses “little”.a little whileμεθ’methwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.youεἰμιeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ζητήσετέzētēseteYe shall seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person plural — “Ye shall seek”, an action still aheadG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.Ye shall seekμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκαθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asεἶπονeiponto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st 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).I saidτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰουδαίοιςioudaioisunto the JewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “unto the Jews”, the to- or for-formG2453Jewish.unto the Jewsὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ὍπουhopouWhitherὅπουconjunction — “Whither”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.WhitherἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iὑπάγωhupagōgoὑπάγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.goὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “ye”, the subject formG4771you.yeοὐoucannotοὐadverb — “cannot”G3756no, not.cannotδύνασθεdunasthebe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comeκαὶkaisoκαίadverb — “so”G2532and, even, also, namely.soὑμῖνhuminto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “to you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.to youλέγωlegōto speakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated 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 “speak”.ἄρτιartinowἄρτιadverb — “now”G737now, just now, at this moment.This verse uses “now”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews — Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say [it] now.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.
Young’s Literal Translation
'Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews — Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say [it] now.
World English Bible
Little children , I will be with you a little while longer . You will seek me , and as I said to the Jews , ‘ Where I am going , you can ’ t come ,’ so now I tell you .
Darby Translation
Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Where I go ye cannot come, I say to you also now.
Douay-Rheims
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me; and as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you cannot come; so I say to you now.
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