King James Version

John 9:19

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἠρώτησανērōtēsanthey askedἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they asked”, a single actionG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.they askedαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingΟὗτόςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.sonὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ὃνhonwhoὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “who”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “ye”, the subject formG4771you.yeλέγετεlegetesayλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “say”, 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.This verse uses “say”.sayὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.τυφλὸςtuphlosblindτυφλόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “blind”, the subject formG5185blind, physically or mentally.blindἐγεννήθηegennēthēto begetγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to beget”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.This verse uses “beget”.πῶςpōs? howπῶςadverb — “? how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.? howοὖνounthenοὖνconjunction — “then”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “then”.thenβλέπειblepeidoth heβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “doth he”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.doth heἄρτιartinowἄρτιadverb — “now”G737now, just now, at this moment.This verse uses “now”.now

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they asked them, saying, 'Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

Young’s Literal Translation

and they asked them, saying, 'Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?'

World English Bible

and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

Darby Translation

And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?

Douay-Rheims

And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

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