King James Version

Luke 10:12

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before you here.

λέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I 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”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatΣοδόμοιςsodomoisfor SodomΣόδομα (sodoma)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “for Sodom”, the to- or for-formG4670Sodom.for Sodomἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέρᾳhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ἐκείνῃekeinēfor thatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “for that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.for thatἀνεκτότερονanektoteronbearableἀνεκτός (anektos)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, neuter — “bearable”, the subject formG414endurable, tolerable.ἔσταιestaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλειpoleicityπόλις (polis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “city”, the to- or for-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityἐκείνῃekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

Young’s Literal Translation

and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

World English Bible

I tell you , it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city .

Darby Translation

I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.

Douay-Rheims

I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city.

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