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Luke 18:8

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

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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.youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatποιήσειpoiēseihe willποιέω (poieō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he will”, an action still aheadG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.he willτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκδίκησινekdikēsinavengeἐκδίκησις (ekdikēsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “avenge”, the object formG1557(a) a defense, avenging, vindication, vengeance, (b) full (complete) punishment.avengeαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τάχειtacheispeedilyτάχος (tachos)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “speedily”, the to- or for-formG5034quickness, speed; hastily, immediately.speedilyπλὴνplēnNeverthelessπλήνconjunction — “Nevertheless”G4133however, nevertheless, but, except that, yet.This verse uses “nevertheless”.Neverthelessὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiosSonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the Sonτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of man”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.of manἐλθὼνelthōncomethἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “cometh”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comethἆραarano?ἆραparticle — “no?”G687a particle asking a question, to which a negative answer is expected.εὑρήσειheurēseishall he findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall he find”, an action still aheadG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.shall he findτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πίστινpistinfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the object formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.faithἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earth

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Young’s Literal Translation

I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

World English Bible

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly . Nevertheless , when the Son of Man comes , will he find faith on the earth ?”

Darby Translation

I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?

Douay-Rheims

I say to you, that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?

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