King James Version

Jude 1:13

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) before age here.

κύματαkumatawavesκῦμα (kuma)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “waves”, the subject formG2949a wave, surge, billow.wavesἄγριαagriawildἄγριος (agrios)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “wild”, the subject formG66wild, fierce.This verse uses “wild”.θαλάσσηςthalassēsof the seaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.This verse uses “the sea”.of the seaἐπαφρίζονταepaphrizontafoaming outἐπαφρίζω (epaphrizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “foaming out”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1890I foam out (a metaphor from the seaweed and refuse borne on the crest of waves), vomit forth.foaming outτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἑαυτῶνheautōntheir ownἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “their own”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.their ownαἰσχύναςaischunasshameαἰσχύνη (aischunē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “shame”, the object formG152shame, shamefacedness, shameful deeds.shameἀστέρεςasteresstarsἀστήρ (astēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “stars”, the subject formG792a star.starsπλανῆταιplanētaiwanderingπλανήτης (planētēs)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “wandering”, the subject formG4107a wanderer.οἷςhoisto whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “to whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.to whomὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ζόφοςzophosblacknessζόφοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “blackness”, the subject formG2217darkness, murkiness, gloom.the blacknessτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σκότουςskotousof darknessσκότος (skotos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of darkness”, the of-formG4655darkness, either physical or moral.of darknessεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forαἰῶναaiōnaeverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.everτετήρηταιtetērētaito keepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to keep”, a completed action with a present resultG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

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American Standard Version (1901)

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

World English Bible

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Darby Translation

raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.

Douay-Rheims

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion; wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever.

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