The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to the” (εἰς τὸ) before front here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “through” (δι᾽) before that [way] here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπροδραμὼνprodramōnhe ranπροτρέχω (protrechō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he ran”, a single actionG4390I run before, outrun, run in advance.he ranεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενadverb — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeἀνέβηanebēand climbed upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and climbed up”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.and climbed upἐπὶepiintoἐπίpreposition — “into”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.intoσυκομορέανsukomoreana sycomore treeσυκομορέα (sukomorea)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a sycomore tree”, the object formG4809a sycamore tree.a sycomore treeἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toἴδῃidēseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).seeαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forἐκείνηςekeinēsthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.thatἤμελλενēmellento ensueμέλλω (mellō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to ensue”, an ongoing action in the pastG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.διέρχεσθαιdierchesthaito pass throughδιέρχομαι (dierchomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to pass through”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1330I pass through, spread (as a report).This verse uses “pass through”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
δι᾽dithroughδιά (dia)preposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Young’s Literal Translation
and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by.
World English Bible
He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
Darby Translation
And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].
Douay-Rheims
And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.
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