King James Version

Luke 20:13

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having seen” (ἰδόντες) before they will here.

εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the lordτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀμπελῶνοςampelōnosof the vineyardἀμπελών (ampelōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the vineyard”, the of-formG290a vineyard.of the vineyardΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “What”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.Whatποιήσωpoiēsōshall I doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “shall I do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.shall I doπέμψωpempsō? I will sendπέμπω (pempō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “? I will send”, an action still aheadG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.? I will sendτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.υἱόνhuionsonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.sonμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαπητόνagapētonbelovedἀγαπητός (agapētos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “beloved”, the object formG27loved, beloved, with two special applications: the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ), as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another.This verse uses “beloved”.ἴσωςisōsit may beἴσωςadverb — “it may be”G2481perhaps, equally; it may be that.it may beτοῦτονtoutonhimοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.himἐντραπήσονταιentrapēsontaito cause shameἐντρέπω (entrepō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to cause shame”, an action still aheadG1788(a) I turn to confusion, put to shame, (b) mid: I reverence, regard.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἰδόντεςidonteshim when they seeεἴδω (eidō)verb, second aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “him when they see”, a single actionG1492I know, remember, appreciate.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

World English Bible

The lord of the vineyard said , ‘ What shall I do ? I will send my beloved son . It may be that seeing him , they will respect him .’

Darby Translation

And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect [him].

Douay-Rheims

Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies