King James Version

Luke 1:50

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and generations” (καὶ γενεὰς) before those here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “generations” (γενεῶν) before those here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἔλεοςeleosmercyἔλεοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “mercy”, the subject formG1656pity, mercy, compassion.This verse uses “mercy”.mercyαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himεἰςeisfromεἰςpreposition — “from”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.fromγενεὰςgeneasgenerationγενεά (genea)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “generation”, the object formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.γενεὰςgeneasto generationγενεά (genea)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “to generation”, the object formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.to generationτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.φοβουμένοιςphoboumenoisto fearφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, present middle participle, dative, plural, masculine — “to fear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.This verse uses “fear”.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

γενεῶνgeneōngenerationγενεά (genea)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “generation”, the object formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

World English Bible

His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.

Darby Translation

and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.

Douay-Rheims

And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

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