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Luke 6:26

In Luke 6 of Luke.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of them” (αὐτὰ) before for here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to you” (ὑμῖν) before when here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “these things” (ταῦτα) before [things] here.

ΟὐαὶouaiWoeοὐαίparticle — “Woe”G3759woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation.Woeὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenκαλῶςkalōswellκαλῶςadverb — “well”G2573well, nobly, honorably, rightly.This verse uses “well”.wellὑμᾶςhumasof youσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “of you”, the object formG4771you.of youεἴπωσινeipōsinto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “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).πάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoia humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.κατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτὰautasoαὐτός (autos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “so”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.soγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐποίουνepoioundidποιέω (poieō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “did”, an ongoing action in the pastG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.didτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ψευδοπροφήταιςpseudoprophētaisto the false prophetsψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophētēs)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “to the false prophets”, the to- or for-formG5578a false prophet; one who in God's name teaches what is false.to the false prophetsοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πατέρεςpateresfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “father”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ταῦταtautasoταὐτάpersonal pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “so”, the object formG5024

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you — for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto you , when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you — for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

World English Bible

Woe , when men speak well of you , for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets .

Darby Translation

Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.

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