The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
ἄνδρεςandresmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.The menΝινευῖταιnineuitaiof NinevehΝινευίτης (nineuitēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “of Nineveh”, the subject formG3536a Ninevite, an inhabitant of Nineveh, a city on the Tigris in Assyria.of Ninevehἀναστήσονταιanastēsontaishall riseἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall rise”, an action still aheadG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.shall riseἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κρίσειkriseijudgmentκρίσις (krisis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “judgment”, the to- or for-formG2920judging, judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation.judgmentμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γενεᾶςgeneasgenerationγενεά (genea)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “generation”, the of-formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationταύτηςtautēsthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατακρινοῦσινkatakrinousinshall condemnκατακρίνω (katakrinō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall condemn”, an action still aheadG2632I condemn, judge worthy of punishment.shall condemnαὐτήνautēnitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseμετενόησανmetenoēsanthey repentedμετανοέω (metanoeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they repented”, a single actionG3340I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.they repentedεἰςeisatεἰςpreposition — “at”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.atτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κήρυγμαkērugmapreachingκήρυγμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “preaching”, the object formG2782a proclamation, preaching.This verse uses “preaching”.the preachingἸωνᾶiōnaof JonasἸωνᾶς (iōnas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Jonas”, the of-formG2495(Hebrew), Jonah, the Hebrew prophet.of Jonasκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdπλεῖονpleionmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, neuter — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).a greater thanἸωνᾶiōnaJonasἸωνᾶς (iōnas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jonas”, the of-formG2495(Hebrew), Jonah, the Hebrew prophet.Jonasὧδεhōdeis hereὧδεadverb — “is here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.is here
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!
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American Standard Version (1901)
The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Young’s Literal Translation
'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!
World English Bible
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it , for they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold , someone greater than Jonah is here .
Darby Translation
Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.
Douay-Rheims
The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here.
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