The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs 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 himὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ἘὰνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifαὐτὸνautonthat heαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “that he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.that heθέλωthelōto willθέλωverb, present active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.μένεινmeneinto tarryμένω (menō)verb, present active infinitive — “to tarry”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.tarryἕωςheōstillἕωςconjunction — “till”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.tillἔρχομαιerchomaiI comeἔρχομαιverb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “I come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.I comeτίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “what”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatπρὸςprosis that toπρόςpreposition — “is that to”G4314to, towards, with.is that toσέsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeσύsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἀκολούθειakoloutheito followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to follow”, an ongoing or repeated actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
Jesus saith to him, 'If him I will to remain till I come, what — to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die,
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American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus saith to him, 'If him I will to remain till I come, what — to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die,
World English Bible
Jesus said to him, “ If I desire that he stay until I come , what is that to you ? You follow me .”
Darby Translation
Jesus says to him, If I will that he abide until I come, what [is that] to thee? Follow thou me.
Douay-Rheims
Jesus saith to him: So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee? follow thou me.
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