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Luke 15:17

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “he was saying” (ἔφη·) before How many here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “have abundance” (περισσεύονται) before bread here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “here” (ὧδε) before am perishing here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “said” (εἶπεν) before How many here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “have abundance” (περισσεύουσιν) before bread here.

εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἑαυτὸνheautonhimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfδὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andἐλθὼνelthōnto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.ἔφηephēto sayφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.Πόσοιposoihow muchπόσος (posos)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “how much”, the subject formG4214how much, how great, how many.This verse uses “how much”.μίσθιοιmisthioihired workerμίσθιος (misthios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “hired worker”, the subject formG3407a paid worker, hired servant, hireling (contrasted with a slave).τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρόςpatrosfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).περισσεύονταιperisseuontaito aboundπερισσεύω (perisseuō)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to abound”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4052(a) intrans: I exceed the ordinary (the necessary), abound, overflow; am left over, (b) trans: I cause to abound.ἄρτωνartōnbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “bread”, the of-formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.ἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.λιμῷlimōwith hungerλιμός (limos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “with hunger”, the to- or for-formG3042a famine, hunger.This verse uses “hunger”.with hungerὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.ἀπόλλυμαιapollumaito destroyἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to destroy”, an ongoing or repeated actionG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).This verse uses “destroy”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἶπενeipenhe saidἔπω (epō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG2036to sayπερισσεύουσινperisseuousinenough and to spareπερισσεύω (perisseuō)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “enough and to spare”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4052(a) intrans: I exceed the ordinary (the necessary), abound, overflow; am left over, (b) trans: I cause to abound.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

Young’s Literal Translation

'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

World English Bible

But when he came to himself , he said , ‘ How many hired servants of my father ’s have bread enough to spare, and I ’m dying with hunger !

Darby Translation

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

Douay-Rheims

And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father’s house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?

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