King James Version

Luke 4:8

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “do go behind me Satan” (ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου Σατανᾶ·) before It has here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “for” (γὰρ) before you will here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.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).and saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΓέγραπταιgegraptaiit is writtenγράφω (graphō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “it is written”, a completed action with a present resultG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).it is writtenΚύριονkurionLordκύριος (kurios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the object formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεόνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.προσκυνήσειςproskunēseisto worshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to worship”, an action still aheadG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himμόνῳmonōonlyμόνος (monos)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “only”, the to- or for-formG3441only, solitary, desolate.This verse uses “only”.onlyλατρεύσειςlatreuseisshalt thou serveλατρεύω (latreuō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “shalt thou serve”, an action still aheadG3000I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship.This verse uses “serve”.shalt thou serve

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὕπαγεhupageGet theeὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Get thee”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.ὀπίσωopisōbehindὀπίσωpreposition — “behind”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “behind”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ΣατανᾶsatanaSatanΣατανᾶς (satanas)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Satan”, the calling formG4567an adversary, Satan.This verse uses “Satan”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

World English Bible

Jesus answered him, “ Get behind me , Satan! For it is written , ‘ You shall worship the Lord your God , and you shall serve him only .’”

Darby Translation

And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus answering said to him: It is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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