King James Version

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “if” (Εἰ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

οὐκoukIs it notοὐ (ou)particle — “Is it not”G3756no, not.Is it notἔξεστίνexestinlawfulἔξεστι(ν)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “lawful”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1832it is permitted, lawful, possible.This verse uses “lawful”.lawfulμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).for meὃhowhatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “what”.whatθέλωthelōI willθέλωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.I willποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐμοῖςemoismyἐμός (emós)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “my”, the to- or for-formG1699Strong’s files this form under G1473 (ἐγώ).mine ownἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθαλμόςophthalmoseyeὀφθαλμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “eye”, the subject formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.eyeσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.πονηρόςponērosevilπονηρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.evilἐστινestinamεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “am”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.amὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.ἀγαθόςagathosgoodἀγαθόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “good”, the subject formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.goodεἰμιeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

Εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Young’s Literal Translation

is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

World English Bible

Isn’ t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own ? Or is your eye evil , because I am good ?’

Darby Translation

is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

Douay-Rheims

Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies