King James Version
John 5:40
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notθέλετεtheleteto willθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.ἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comeπρόςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatζωὴνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeἔχητεechēteto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
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American Standard Version (1901)
and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Young’s Literal Translation
and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
World English Bible
Yet you will not come to me , that you may have life .
Darby Translation
and ye will not come to me that ye might have life.
Douay-Rheims
And you will not come to me that you may have life.
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