King James Version

Luke 11:32

The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Ninevites” (Νινευῖται) before will stand here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of Nineveh” (Νινευῒ) before will stand here.

ἄνδρεςandresmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.The menΝινευῖταιnineuitaiof NineveΝινευίτης (nineuitēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “of Nineve”, the subject formG3536a Ninevite, an inhabitant of Nineveh, a city on the Tigris in Assyria.of Nineveἀναστήσονταιanastēsontaishall rise upἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall rise up”, an action still aheadG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.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”.withτῆςtēstheὁ (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”.andκατακρινοῦσινkatakrinousinshall condemnκατακρίνω (katakrinō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall condemn”, an action still aheadG2632I condemn, judge worthy of punishment.shall condemnαὐτήνautēnitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forμετενόησανmetenoēsanthey repentedμετανοέω (metanoeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they repented”, a single actionG3340I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.they repentedεἰςeisatεἰςpreposition — “at”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.atτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κήρυγμαkērugmapreachingκήρυγμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “preaching”, the object formG2782a proclamation, preaching.This verse uses “preaching”.the preachingἸωνᾶiōnaof JonasἸωνᾶς (iōnas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Jonas”, the of-formG2495(Hebrew), Jonah, the Hebrew prophet.of Jonasκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “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 thanἸωνᾶiōnaJonasἸωνᾶς (iōnas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jonas”, the of-formG2495(Hebrew), Jonah, the Hebrew prophet.Jonasὧδεhōdeis hereὧδεadverb — “is here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.is here

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

Νινευῒnineuiof NineveΝινευΐnoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “of Nineve”, the subject formG3535

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

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American Standard Version (1901)

The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

World English Bible

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation , and will condemn it , for they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold , one greater than Jonah is here .

Darby Translation

Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

Douay-Rheims

The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas; and behold more than Jonas here.

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