King James Version

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “there will be” (ἔσονται) before signs here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “[the] sound” (ἤχους) before [the] sea here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will be” (ἔσται) before signs here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “[the] sounding” (ἠχούσης) before [the] sea here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἔσονταιesontaithere shall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “there shall be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.there shall beσημεῖαsēmeiasignsσημεῖον (sēmeion)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “signs”, the subject formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.signsἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἡλίῳhēliōsunἥλιος (hēlios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “sun”, the to- or for-formG2246the sun, sunlight.the sunκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσελήνῃselēnēin the moonσελήνηnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “in the moon”, the to- or for-formG4582the moon.in the moonκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἄστροιςastroisin the starsἄστρον (astron)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “in the stars”, the to- or for-formG798a star.in the starsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτῆςtēstheὁ (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 earthσυνοχὴsunochēdistressσυνοχήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “distress”, the subject formG4928distress, anguish, anxiety.This verse uses “distress”.distressἐθνῶνethnōnof nationsἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of nations”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.of nationsἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withἀπορίᾳaporiaperplexityἀπορίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “perplexity”, the to- or for-formG640perplexity, anxiety, doubt.This verse uses “perplexity”.perplexityἤχουςēchousroaringἦχος (ēchos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “roaring”, the of-formG2279(a) a sound, noise, (b) a rumor, report.roaringθαλάσσηςthalassēsseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.σάλουsaloutossingσάλος (salos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “tossing”, the of-formG4535the tossing of the sea in a tempest; agitation, rolling.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἔσταιestaithere shall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future deponent indicative, 3rd person plural — “there shall be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.ἠχούσηςēchousēsroaringἠχέω (ēcheō)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “roaring”, the of-formG2278I make a sound, give forth a sound, sound (when struck); I roar (as the sea).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

World English Bible

“ There will be signs in the sun , moon , and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations , in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves ;

Darby Translation

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity [at] the roar of the sea and rolling waves,

Douay-Rheims

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves;

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