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Luke 17:34

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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λέγωlegōI tellλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I tell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.I tellὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youταύτῃtautēin thatοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “in that”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.in thatτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.νυκτὶnuktinightνύξ (nux)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “night”, the to- or for-formG3571the night, night-time.nightἔσονταιesontaithere shall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “there shall be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.there shall beδύοduotwoδύοadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “two”, the subject formG1417two.twoἐπὶepimen inἐπίpreposition — “men in”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.men inκλίνηςklinēsbedκλίνη (klinē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “bed”, the of-formG2825a couch, bed, portable bed or mat, a couch for reclining at meals, possibly also a bier.This verse uses “bed”.bedμιᾶςmiasoneεἷς (heis)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “one”, the of-formG1520one.the oneὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.εἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.παραλημφθήσεταιparalēmphthēsetaishall be takenπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be taken”, an action still aheadG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.shall be takenκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἕτεροςheterosotherἕτεροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “other”, the subject formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.the otherἀφεθήσεταιaphethēsetaishall be leftἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be left”, an action still aheadG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.shall be left

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Young’s Literal Translation

'I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

World English Bible

I tell you , in that night there will be two people in one bed . One will be taken and the other will be left.

Darby Translation

I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

Douay-Rheims

I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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