King James Version

John 2:10

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “then” (τότε,) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andλέγειlegeisaithλέγω (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 himΠᾶςpasEveryπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.Everyἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manπρῶτονprōtonat the beginningπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “at the beginning”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.at the beginningτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καλὸνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “good”, the object formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.goodοἶνονoinonwineοἶνος (oinos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wine”, the object formG3631wine.wineτίθησινtithēsinto placeτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to place”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “place”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenμεθυσθῶσινmethusthōsinmen have well drunkμεθύω (methuō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “men have well drunk”, a single actionG3184I am intoxicated with wine, am drunk.men have well drunkτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐλάσσωelassōthat which is worseἐλάσσων (elassōn)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, masculine — “that which is worse”, the object formG1640less, smaller; poorer, inferior.that which is worseσὺsubut thouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “but thou”, the subject formG4771you.but thouτετήρηκαςtetērēkashast keptτηρέω (tēreō)verb, perfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “hast kept”, a completed action with a present resultG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.hast keptτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καλὸνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “good”, the object formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.the goodοἶνονoinonwineοἶνος (oinos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wine”, the object formG3631wine.wineἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.untilἄρτιartinowἄρτιadverb — “now”G737now, just now, at this moment.This verse uses “now”.now

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τότεtotethenτότεadverb — “then”G5119then, at that time.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and saith to him, 'Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Young’s Literal Translation

and saith to him, 'Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

World English Bible

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”

Darby Translation

and says to him, Every man sets on first the good wine, and when [men] have well drunk, then the inferior; thou hast kept the good wine till now.

Douay-Rheims

And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now.

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