King James Version

Matthew 16:4

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the prophet” (τοῦ προφήτου.) before And here.

Γενεὰgeneagenerationγενεάnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “generation”, the subject formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationπονηρὰponēraevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμοιχαλὶςmoichalisadulterousμοιχαλίςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “adulterous”, the subject formG3428(a) an adulteress (that is, a married woman who commits adultery), (b) Hebraistically: extended to those who worship any other than the true God.σημεῖονsēmeionsignσημεῖονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “sign”, the object formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.signἐπιζητεῖepizēteito seek afterἐπιζητέω (epizēteō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to seek after”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1934I seek after, desire, search for, make inquiries about.This verse uses “seek after”.καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andσημεῖονsēmeionsignσημεῖονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “sign”, the subject formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.δοθήσεταιdothēsetaito giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, an action still aheadG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.αὐτῇautēthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.σημεῖονsēmeionsignσημεῖονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “sign”, the subject formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.ἸωνᾶiōnaJonahἸωνᾶς (iōnas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jonah”, the of-formG2495(Hebrew), Jonah, the Hebrew prophet.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.καταλιπὼνkatalipōnto leave behindκαταλείπω (kataleipō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to leave behind”, a single actionG2641I leave behind, desert, abandon, forsake; I leave remaining, reserve.This verse uses “leave behind”.αὐτοὺςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀπῆλθενapēlthenand departedἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and departed”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.and departed

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφήτουprophētouof the prophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the prophet”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.

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American Standard Version (1901)

An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

Young’s Literal Translation

'A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.

World English Bible

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign , and there will be no sign given to it , except the sign of the prophet Jonah .” He left them and departed.

Darby Translation

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away.

Douay-Rheims

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.

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