King James Version

John 14:5

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before how here.

λέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, 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.saithαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΘωμᾶςthōmasThomasΘωμᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Thomas”, the subject formG2381Thomas, also called Didymus, one of the Twelve.ΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notοἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveποῦpouwhitherποῦadverb — “whither”G4226where, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.whitherὑπάγειςhupageisthou goestὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou goest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.thou goestπῶςpōshowπῶςadverb — “how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.howδυνάμεθαdunamethacan weδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person plural — “can we”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.can weτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδὸνhodonwayὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “way”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.the wayεἰδέναιeidenaito perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active infinitive — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceive

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Thomas saith to him, 'Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?

Young’s Literal Translation

Thomas saith to him, 'Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

World English Bible

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

Darby Translation

Thomas says to him, Lord, we know not where thou goest, and how can we know the way?

Douay-Rheims

Thomas saith to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

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