King James Version

John 14:2

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “that” (ὅτι) before I go here.

ἐνenInἐνpreposition — “In”G1722in, on, among.Inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίᾳoikiahouseοἰκίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “house”, the to- or for-formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.houseτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρόςpatrosfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).μοναὶmonaimansionsμονή (monē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “mansions”, the subject formG3438lodging, dwelling-place, room, abode, mansion.mansionsπολλαίpollaimuchπολύς (polus)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.εἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μήmēif it were notμήadverb — “if it were not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.if it were notεἶπονeiponto 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).ἂνanso, I would have toldἄνparticle — “so, I would have told”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.so, I would have toldὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.πορεύομαιporeuomaiI goπορεύομαιverb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “I go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.I goἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaito prepareἑτοιμάζω (hetoimazō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to prepare”, a single actionG2090I make ready, prepare.This verse uses “prepare”.to prepareτόπονtopona placeτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a place”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.a placeὑμῖνhuminfor youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “for you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.for you

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

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American Standard Version (1901)

In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Young’s Literal Translation

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

World English Bible

In my Father ’s house are many homes. If it weren’ t so , I would have told you . I am going to prepare a place for you .

Darby Translation

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place;

Douay-Rheims

In my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you.

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