The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of us” (ἡμῶν) before He ought here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsanansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredαὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.ἩμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).Weνόμονnomona lawνόμος (nomos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a law”, the object formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.This verse uses “a law”.a lawἔχομενechomento haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατὰkatabyκατάpreposition — “by”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.byτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.νόμονnomonlawνόμος (nomos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “law”, the object formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.lawὀφείλειopheileihe oughtὀφείλω (opheilō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he ought”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3784I owe, ought.This verse uses “ought”.he oughtἀποθανεῖνapothaneinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.to dieὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseυἱὸνhuionSonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.the Sonθεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἑαυτὸνheautonmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “my”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.ἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
the Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Young’s Literal Translation
the Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
World English Bible
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
Darby Translation
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to [our] law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God.
Douay-Rheims
The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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