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Luke 6:49

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “it fell” (συνέπεσεν,) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “it collapsed” (ἔπεσεν) before and here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butἀκούσαςakousashe that hearethἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that heareth”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.he that hearethκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notποιήσαςpoiēsasto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ὅμοιόςhomoioslikeὅμοιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “like”, the subject formG3664like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.This verse uses “like”.likeἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōa manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the to- or for-formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.a manοἰκοδομήσαντιoikodomēsantibuiltοἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō)verb, aorist active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “built”, a single actionG3618I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.builtοἰκίανoikianan houseοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “an house”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.an houseἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthχωρὶςchōriswithoutχωρίςpreposition — “without”G5565apart from, separately from; without.This verse uses “without”.θεμελίουthemelioufoundationθεμέλιος (themelios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “foundation”, the of-formG2310(properly, an adj: belonging to the foundation), a foundation stone.ᾗhēwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichπροσέρηξενproserēxendid beat vehementlyπροσρήγνυμι (prosrēgnumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “did beat vehemently”, a single actionG4366I dash against, as waves.did beat vehementlyὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ποταμόςpotamosriverποταμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “river”, the subject formG4215a river, torrent, stream.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεὐθὺςeuthusimmediatelyεὐθύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “immediately”, the subject formG2117adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.This verse uses “immediately”.Strong’s files this form under G2112 (εὐθέως).immediatelyσυνέπεσενsunepesenit fellσυμπίπτω (sumpiptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it fell”, a single actionG6081be downcastit fellκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγένετοegenetowasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.wasτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ῥῆγμαrhēgmadestructionῥῆγμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “destruction”, the subject formG4485what is broken, a ruin.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίαςoikiashomeοἰκία (oikia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “home”, the of-formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.ἐκείνηςekeinēsthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.μέγαmegagreatμέγας (megas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.great

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἔπεσενepesenit fellπίπτω (piptō)verb, second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it fell”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

But he who hears and doesn’ t do , is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation , against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell ; and the ruin of that house was great .”

Darby Translation

And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without [a] foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

Douay-Rheims

But he that heareth, and doth not, is like to a man building his house upon the earth without a foundation: against which the stream beat vehemently, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

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