The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ὅστιςhostiswhosoeverὅστιςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.This verse uses “whosoever”.whosoeverδ’dbutδέ (de)conjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἂνanshallἄνparticle — “shall”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.shallἀρνήσηταίarnēsētaidenyἀρνέομαι (arneomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “deny”, a single actionG720(a) I deny (a statement), (b) I repudiate (a person, or belief).This verse uses “deny”.denyμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeτῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōna humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.ἀρνήσομαιarnēsomaito denyἀρνέομαι (arneomai)verb, future middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to deny”, an action still aheadG720(a) I deny (a statement), (b) I repudiate (a person, or belief).This verse uses “deny”.κἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρόςpatrosfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνenis inἐνpreposition — “is in”G1722in, on, among.is inοὐρανοῖςouranoisheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heaven
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.
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American Standard Version (1901)
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Young’s Literal Translation
and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.
World English Bible
But whoever denies me before men , I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven .
Darby Translation
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
Douay-Rheims
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
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