ἀμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.VerilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated 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”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youἀνεκτότερονanektoteronmore tolerableἀνεκτός (anektos)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, neuter — “more tolerable”, the subject formG414endurable, tolerable.This verse uses “tolerable”.more tolerableἔσταιestaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.γῇgēfor the landγῆnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “for the land”, the to- or for-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.for the landΣοδόμωνsodomōnof SodomΣόδομα (sodoma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of Sodom”, the of-formG4670Sodom.of Sodomκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΓομόρρωνgomorrōnGomorrhaΓόμορρα (gomorra)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “Gomorrha”, the of-formG1116Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea.Gomorrhaἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἡμέρᾳhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayκρίσεωςkriseōsof judgmentκρίσις (krisis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of judgment”, the of-formG2920judging, judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation.of judgmentἢēthanἤconjunction — “than”G2228or, than.thanτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλειpoleicityπόλις (polis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “city”, the to- or for-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityἐκείνῃekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Young’s Literal Translation
verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you , it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city .
Darby Translation
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.
Douay-Rheims
Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
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