King James Version

Luke 5:37

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (ὁ) before new here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐδεὶςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manβάλλειballeiputtethβάλλω (ballō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “putteth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.puttethοἶνονoinonwineοἶνος (oinos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wine”, the object formG3631wine.wineνέονneonnewνέος (neos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “new”, the object formG3501(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.This verse uses “new”.the newεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἀσκοὺςaskousbottlesἀσκός (askos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “bottles”, the object formG779a wine-skin, leather bottle.the bottlesπαλαιούςpalaiousoldπαλαιός (palaios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “old”, the object formG3820old, ancient, not new or recent.This verse uses “old”.εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μήγεmēgeindeedμήγεadverb — “indeed”G1065an enclitic, emphasizing particle: at least, indeed, really, but generally too subtle to be represented in English.This verse uses “indeed”.μήmēnotμήnegative particle — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ῥήξειrhēxeito throw violentlyῥήγνυμι (rhēgnumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to throw violently”, an action still aheadG4486I rend, break asunder; I break forth (into speech); I throw or dash down.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.οἶνοςoinoswineοἶνοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “wine”, the subject formG3631wine.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.νέοςneosnewνέοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “new”, the subject formG3501(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.This verse uses “new”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀσκούςaskousbottlesἀσκός (askos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “bottles”, the object formG779a wine-skin, leather bottle.the bottlesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐκχυθήσεταιekchuthēsetaito pour outἐκχέω (ekcheō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to pour out”, an action still aheadG1632I pour out (liquid or solid); I shed, bestow liberally.This verse uses “pour out”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀσκοὶaskoiwineskinἀσκός (askos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “wineskin”, the subject formG779a wine-skin, leather bottle.ἀπολοῦνταιapolountaishall perishἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall perish”, an action still aheadG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).shall perish

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

World English Bible

No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled and the skins will be destroyed.

Darby Translation

And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

Douay-Rheims

And no man putteth new wine into old bottle: otherwise the new wine will break the bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost.

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