King James Version

John 2:5

His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

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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.saithἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μήτηρmētērmotherμήτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the subject formG3384a mother.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.διακόνοιςdiakonoisunto the servantsδιάκονος (diakonos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto the servants”, the to- or for-formG1249a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator.unto the servantsὍhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”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.λέγῃlegēhe saithλέγω (legō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he 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.he saithὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youποιήσατεpoiēsatedoποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.do

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

His mother saith to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you — do.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

Young’s Literal Translation

His mother saith to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you — do.'

World English Bible

His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”

Darby Translation

His mother says to the servants, Whatever he may say to you, do.

Douay-Rheims

His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.

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