The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “is” (ἐστιν) before come here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “that [one]” (ἐκείνῳ) before through here.
οὐαὶouaiWoeοὐαίparticle — “Woe”G3759woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation.Woeτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμῳkosmōunto the worldκόσμος (kosmos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto the world”, the to- or for-formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.This verse uses “the world”.unto the worldἀπὸapobecause ofἀπόpreposition — “because of”G575from, away from.because ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σκανδάλωνskandalōnoffencesσκάνδαλον (skandalon)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “offences”, the of-formG4625a snare, stumbling-block, cause for error.offencesἀνάγκηanankēit must needsἀνάγκηnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “it must needs”, the subject formG318necessity, constraint, compulsion; there is need to; force, violence.it must needsγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comeτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σκάνδαλαskandalaoffenceσκάνδαλον (skandalon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “offence”, the object formG4625a snare, stumbling-block, cause for error.the offenceπλὴνplēnbutπλήνconjunction — “but”G4133however, nevertheless, but, except that, yet.οὐαὶouaiwoe!οὐαίparticle — “woe!”G3759woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōa humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the to- or for-formG444a man, one of the human race.δι’dithroughδιά (dia)preposition — “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”.οὗhouwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.σκάνδαλονskandalonstumbling blockσκάνδαλονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “stumbling block”, the subject formG4625a snare, stumbling-block, cause for error.ἔρχεταιerchetaicomethἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “cometh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.cometh
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἐστινestinbeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐκείνῳekeinōbyἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “by”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!
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American Standard Version (1901)
Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
Young’s Literal Translation
'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!
World English Bible
“ Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling ! For it must be that the occasions come , but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes !
Darby Translation
Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
Douay-Rheims
Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
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