King James Version

John 4:38

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iἀπέστειλαapesteilasentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “sent”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.sentὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youθερίζεινtherizeinto reapθερίζω (therizō)verb, present active infinitive — “to reap”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2325I reap, gather, harvest.This verse uses “reap”.to reapὃhothat whereonὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “that whereon”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.that whereonοὐχouchnoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.noὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “ye”, the subject formG4771you.yeκεκοπιάκατεkekopiakateto laborκοπιάω (kopiaō)verb, perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to labor”, a completed action with a present resultG2872(a) I grow weary, (b) I toil, work with effort (of bodily and mental labor alike).ἄλλοιalloianotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.κεκοπιάκασινkekopiakasinto laborκοπιάω (kopiaō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to labor”, a completed action with a present resultG2872(a) I grow weary, (b) I toil, work with effort (of bodily and mental labor alike).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κόπονkoponlaboursκόπος (kopos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “labours”, the object formG2873(a) trouble, (b) toil, labor, laborious toil, involving weariness and fatigue.laboursαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰσεληλύθατεeiselēluthateto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to enter”, a completed action with a present resultG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

Young’s Literal Translation

I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

World English Bible

I sent you to reap that for which you haven’ t labored . Others have labored , and you have entered into their labor .”

Darby Translation

I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.

Douay-Rheims

I have sent you to reap that in which you did not labour: others have laboured, and you have entered into their labours.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies