King James Version

Matthew 21:44

And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πεσὼνpesōnwhosoever shall fallπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever shall fall”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.This verse uses “fall”.whosoever shall fallἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λίθονlithonstoneλίθος (lithos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “stone”, the object formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.stoneτοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.συνθλασθήσεταιsunthlasthēsetaishall be brokenσυνθλάομαι (sunthlaomai)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be broken”, an action still aheadG4917I break, break in pieces, crush, shatter.shall be brokenἐφ’ephonἐπί (epi)preposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onὃνhonwhomsoeverὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whomsoever”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomsoeverδ’dbutδέ (de)conjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.πέσῃpesēit shall fallπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “it shall fall”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.This verse uses “fall”.it shall fallλικμήσειlikmēseiit will grindλικμάω (likmaō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it will grind”, an action still aheadG3039I crush to powder, scatter like chaff.it will grindαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

World English Bible

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust .”

Darby Translation

And he that falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

Douay-Rheims

And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

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