King James Version

Luke 16:26

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “besides” (ἐν) before all here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from here” (ἔνθεν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “upon” (ἐπὶ) before all here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from here” (ἐντεῦθεν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “those” (οἱ) before from there here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐνenbesideἐνpreposition — “beside”G1722in, on, among.besideπᾶσιpasiallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτούτοιςtoutoisthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisμεταξὺmetaxubetweenμεταξύpreposition — “between”G3342meanwhile, afterwards, between.This verse uses “between”.betweenἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.youχάσμαchasmagulfχάσμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “gulf”, the subject formG5490a gap, gulf, chasm.This verse uses “gulf”.gulfμέγαmegagreatμέγας (megas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐστήρικταιestēriktaifixedστηρίζω (stērizō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “fixed”, a completed action with a present resultG4741(a) I fix firmly, direct myself towards, (b) generally met: I buttress, prop, support; I strengthen, establish.fixedὅπωςhopōsso thatὅπωςconjunction — “so that”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.This verse uses “so that”.so thatοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θέλοντεςthelontesthey which wouldθέλω (thelō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they which would”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.they which wouldδιαβῆναιdiabēnaito passδιαβαίνω (diabainō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to pass”, a single actionG1224I cross, pass through, step across.passἔνθενenthenfrom henceἔνθενadverb — “from hence”G6033hencefrom henceπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youμὴmēcannotμήadverb — “cannot”G3361not, lest.cannotδύνωνταιdunōntaibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.μηδὲmēdeneitherμηδέconjunction — “neither”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.neitherἐκεῖθενekeithenthat would come from thenceἐκεῖθενadverb — “that would come from thence”G1564thence, from that place.This verse uses “thence”.that would come from thenceπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).διαπερῶσινdiaperōsinto crossδιαπεράω (diaperaō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to cross”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1276I cross over, pass over.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐπὶepibesideἐπίpreposition — “beside”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.ἐντεῦθενenteuthenfrom henceἐντεῦθενadverb — “from hence”G1782hence, from this place, on this side and on that.This verse uses “hence”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.

Young’s Literal Translation

and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

World English Bible

Besides all this , between us and you there is a great gulf fixed , that those who want to pass from here to you are not able , and that no one may cross over from there to us .’

Darby Translation

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who [desire to cross] from there pass over unto us.

Douay-Rheims

And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.

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