The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “I have kept” (ἐφύλαξα) before What here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds a longer phrase before What: ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου,.
λέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, 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.saithαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.νεανίσκοςneaniskosyoung manνεανίσκοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “young man”, the subject formG3495a young man, youth, an attendant.ΠάνταpantaAllπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “All”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.Allταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsἐφύλαξαephulaxahave I keptφυλάσσω (phulassō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “have I kept”, a single actionG5442(a) I guard, protect; mid: I am on my guard, (b) act. and mid. of customs and regulations: I keep, observe.have I keptτίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatἔτιetiI yetἔτιadverb — “I yet”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “yet”.I yetὑστερῶhusterōto lackὑστερέω (hustereō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to lack”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5302I fall behind, am lacking, fall short, suffer need, am inferior to.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἐφυλαξάμηνephulaxamēnhave I keptφυλάσσω (phulassō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “have I kept”, a single actionG5442(a) I guard, protect; mid: I am on my guard, (b) act. and mid. of customs and regulations: I keep, observe.ἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.νεότητόςneotētosyouth upνεότης (neotēs)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “youth up”, the of-formG3503youth, youthfulness.This verse uses “youth”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
The young man saith to him, 'All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'
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American Standard Version (1901)
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?
Young’s Literal Translation
The young man saith to him, 'All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'
World English Bible
The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”
Darby Translation
The young man says to him, All these have I kept; what lack I yet?
Douay-Rheims
The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?
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