Ὁμοίαhomoialikeὅμοιος (homoios)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “like”, the subject formG3664like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.This verse uses “like”.likeγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείαbasileiakingdomβασιλείαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the subject formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανῶνouranōnheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōunto a manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto a man”, the to- or for-formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.unto a manοἰκοδεσπότῃoikodespotēthat is an householderοἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotēs)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “that is an householder”, the to- or for-formG3617a head of a household.that is an householderὅστιςhostiswhichὅστιςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whichἐξῆλθενexēlthenwent outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.went outἅμαhamaearly in the morningἅμαpreposition — “early in the morning”G260at the same time, therewith, along with, together with.early in the morningπρωῒprōiearlyπρωΐadverb — “early”G4404early in the morning, at dawn.μισθώσασθαιmisthōsasthaito hireμισθόομαι (misthoomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to hire”, a single actionG3409I hire out, mid: I hire, engage.This verse uses “hire”.to hireἐργάταςergataslabourersἐργάτης (ergatēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “labourers”, the object formG2040a field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general.labourersεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀμπελῶναampelōnavineyardἀμπελών (ampelōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “vineyard”, the object formG290a vineyard.vineyardαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,
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American Standard Version (1901)
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Young’s Literal Translation
'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,
World English Bible
“ For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household , who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Darby Translation
For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
Douay-Rheims
The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
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