King James Version

Luke 15:30

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) after fattened here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὅτεhoteas soon asὅτεconjunction — “as soon as”G3753when, at which time.as soon asδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhowhichὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichυἱόςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.σουsouthyσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thy”, the of-formG4771you.thyοὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.καταφαγώνkataphagōnto devourκατεσθίω (katesthiō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to devour”, a single actionG2719I eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure.σουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βίονbionlivingβίος (bios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “living”, the object formG979(a) life, (b) manner of life; livelihood.livingμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “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”.withπορνῶνpornōnharlotsπόρνη (pornē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “harlots”, the of-formG4204a prostitute; met: an idolatrous community.harlotsἦλθενēlthento comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.ἔθυσαςethusasthou hast killedθύω (thuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou hast killed”, a single actionG2380I sacrifice, generally an animal; hence: I kill.thou hast killedαὐτῷautōfor himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “for him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.for himτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σιτευτὸνsiteutonfattedσιτευτός (siteutos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “fatted”, the object formG4618fattened, fatted.the fattedμόσχονmoschoncalfμόσχος (moschos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “calf”, the object formG3448a calf, heifer, young bull.calf

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τὸνtonwhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but when thy son — this one who did devour thy living with harlots — came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

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American Standard Version (1901)

but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

Young’s Literal Translation

but when thy son — this one who did devour thy living with harlots — came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

World English Bible

But when this your son came , who has devoured your living with prostitutes , you killed the fattened calf for him .’

Darby Translation

but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Douay-Rheims

But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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