The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “therefore” (οὖν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to them” (αὐτοῖς) before the here.
ἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsanansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γονεῖςgoneisparentγονεύς (goneus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “parent”, the subject formG1118a begetter, father; plur: parents.αὐτοῦautouthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single 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”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidΟἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatοὗτόςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.sonἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatτυφλὸςtuphlosblindτυφλόςadjective, 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”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
αὐτοῖςautoisHisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “His”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
His parents answered them and said, 'We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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American Standard Version (1901)
His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
Young’s Literal Translation
His parents answered them and said, 'We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
World English Bible
His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
Darby Translation
His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
Douay-Rheims
His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
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