King James Version

Luke 1:76

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “now” (δέ,) before child here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “in front of” (ἐνώπιον) before [the] Lord here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “before [the] face of” (πρὸ προσώπου) before [the] Lord here.

καὶkaiAndκαίadverb — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.παιδίονpaidionchildπαιδίονnoun, vocative, singular, neuter — “child”, the calling formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.childπροφήτηςprophētēsprophetπροφήτηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “prophet”, the subject formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.the prophetὙψίστουhupsistouof the Highestὕψιστος (hupsistos)adjective, superlative, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Highest”, the of-formG5310highest, most high, the heights.This verse uses “highest”.of the Highestκληθήσῃklēthēsēto callκαλέω (kaleō)verb, future passive indicative, 2nd person singular — “to call”, an action still aheadG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.This verse uses “call”.προπορεύσῃproporeusēthou shalt goπροπορεύομαι (proporeuomai)verb, future middle indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou shalt go”, an action still aheadG4313I precede, pass on before, go before.thou shalt goγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.beforeκυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the Lordἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaito prepareἑτοιμάζω (hetoimazō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to prepare”, a single actionG2090I make ready, prepare.This verse uses “prepare”.to prepareὁδοὺςhodouswaysὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “ways”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.waysαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

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πρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.προσώπουprosōpoufaceπρόσωπον (prosōpon)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “face”, the of-formG4383the face, countenance, surface.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

World English Bible

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Darby Translation

And thou , child, shalt be called [the] prophet of [the] Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of [the] Lord to make ready his ways;

Douay-Rheims

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

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