The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
βασίλισσαbasilissaqueenβασίλισσαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “queen”, the subject formG938a queen.The queenνότουnotouof the southνότος (notos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the south”, the of-formG3558the south wind, the South.This verse uses “the South”.of the southἐγερθήσεταιegerthēsetaishall rise upἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall rise up”, an action still aheadG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.shall rise upἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κρίσειkriseijudgmentκρίσις (krisis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “judgment”, the to- or for-formG2920judging, judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation.the judgmentμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνδρῶνandrōnmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “men”, the of-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.the menτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γενεᾶςgeneasgenerationγενεά (genea)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “generation”, the of-formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationταύτηςtautēsthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατακρινεῖkatakrineicondemnκατακρίνω (katakrinō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “condemn”, an action still aheadG2632I condemn, judge worthy of punishment.condemnαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forἦλθενēlthenshe cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “she came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.she cameἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.περάτωνperatōnutmost partsπέρας (peras)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “utmost parts”, the of-formG4009(a) a boundary, limit, extremity, (b) an end, conclusion.the utmost partsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsof the earthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “the earth”.of the earthἀκοῦσαιakousaito hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to hear”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.to hearτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σοφίανsophianwisdomσοφία (sophia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “wisdom”, the object formG4678wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence.the wisdomΣολομῶνοςsolomōnosof SolomonΣολομών (solomōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Solomon”, the of-formG4672Solomon, son of David King of Israel, and Bathsheba.of Solomonκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdπλεῖονpleionmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, neuter — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).a greater thanΣολομῶνοςsolomōnosSolomonΣολομών (solomōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Solomon”, the of-formG4672Solomon, son of David King of Israel, and Bathsheba.Solomonὧδεhōdeis hereὧδεadverb — “is here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.is here
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Young’s Literal Translation
'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!
World English Bible
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them , for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold , one greater than Solomon is here .
Darby Translation
A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.
Douay-Rheims
The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold more than Solomon here.
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