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Luke 9:41

And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

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ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweringἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answering”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeringδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, 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).saidὮōOὦparticle — “O”G5599O, an exclamation, used in addressing someone.Oγενεὰgeneagenerationγενεάnoun, vocative, singular, feminine — “generation”, the calling formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationἄπιστοςapistosunbelievingἄπιστοςadjective, vocative, singular, feminine — “unbelieving”, the calling formG571unbelieving, incredulous, unchristian; sometimes subst: unbeliever.This verse uses “unbelieving”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιεστραμμένηdiestrammenēto pervertδιαστρέφω (diastrephō)verb, perfect passive participle, vocative, singular, feminine — “to pervert”, a completed action with a present resultG1294I pervert, corrupt, oppose, distort.This verse uses “pervert”.ἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.πότεpotewhen?πότεadverb — “when?”G4219when, at what time.This verse uses “when”.ἔσομαιesomaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀνέξομαιanexomaisufferἀνέχομαι (anechomai)verb, future middle indicative, 1st person singular — “suffer”, an action still aheadG430I endure, bear with, have patience with, suffer, admit, persist.sufferὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.youπροσάγαγεprosagage? Bringπροσάγω (prosagō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “? Bring”, a single actionG4317I bring to, bring near; I come to or towards, approach.? Bringὧδεhōdehitherὧδεadverb — “hither”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hitherτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.υἱόνhuionsonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.σουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? bring hither thy son.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

World English Bible

Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation , how long shall I be with you and bear with you ? Bring your son here .”

Darby Translation

And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus answering, said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.

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