The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “reclining with [him]” (ἀνακειμένους) before not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “dining with [him]” (συνανακειμένους) before not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπερίλυποςperiluposexceeding sorryπερίλυποςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “exceeding sorry”, the subject formG4036very sorrowful, greatly grieved.exceeding sorryγενόμενοςgenomenosto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ὁhofor their sakes whichὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “for their sakes which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.for their sakes whichβασιλεὺςbasileuskingβασιλεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “king”, the subject formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὅρκουςhorkousoathὅρκος (horkos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “oath”, the object formG3727an oath.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνακειμένουςanakeimenoussat with himἀνάκειμαι (anakeimai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “sat with him”, an ongoing or repeated actionG345I recline, especially at a dinner-table.sat with himοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἠθέλησενēthelēsento willθέλω (thelō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to will”, a single actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.ἀθετῆσαιathetēsaito rejectἀθετέω (atheteō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to reject”, a single actionG114I annul, make of no effect, set aside, ignore, slight; I break faith with.rejectαὐτήνautēnherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “her”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.her
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
συνανακειμένουςsunanakeimenoussat with himσυνανάκειμαι (sunanakeimai)verb, present middle or passive participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “sat with him”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4873I recline at table with.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And the king — made very sorrowful — because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,
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American Standard Version (1901)
And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.
Young’s Literal Translation
And the king — made very sorrowful — because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,
World English Bible
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
Darby Translation
And the king, [while] made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with [him] would not break his word with her.
Douay-Rheims
And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:
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