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Luke 10:15

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “not” (μὴ) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “will you be lifted up” (ὑψωθήσῃ;) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ἡ) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “were you being lifted up” (ὑψωθεῖσα) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andσύsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouΚαφαρναούμkapharnaoumCapernaumΚαφαρναούμnoun, vocative, singular, feminine — “Capernaum”, the calling formG2584Capernaum, a town of Galilee.Capernaumμὴmēwhichμήparticle — “which”G3361not, lest.whichἕωςheōstoἕωςpreposition — “to”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.toοὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenὑψωθήσῃhupsōthēsēto lift upὑψόω (hupsoō)verb, future passive indicative, 2nd person singular — “to lift up”, an action still aheadG5312(a) I raise on high, lift up, (b) I exalt, set on high.This verse uses “lift up”.ἕωςheōstoἕωςpreposition — “to”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.toτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ᾅδουhadouhellᾅδης (hadēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “hell”, the of-formG86Hades, the unseen world.hellκαταβιβασθήσῃkatabibasthēsēyou will be sent downκαταβιβάζω (katabibazō)verb, future passive indicative, 2nd person singular — “you will be sent down”, an action still aheadG2601I bring down, cast down, cause to go down.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἡhēwhichὁ (ho)negative particle — “which”G3588the, the definite article.ὑψωθεῖσαhupsōtheisaart exaltedὑψόω (hupsoō)verb, future passive indicative, 2nd person singular — “art exalted”, an action still aheadG5312(a) I raise on high, lift up, (b) I exalt, set on high.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

World English Bible

You , Capernaum , who are exalted to heaven , will be brought down to Hades.

Darby Translation

And thou , Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

Douay-Rheims

And thou, Capharnaum, which art exalted unto heaven, thou shalt be thrust down to hell.

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