King James Version

Matthew 24:20

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “in” (ἐν) before on a here.

προσεύχεσθεproseuchesthepray yeπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person plural — “pray ye”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.This verse uses “pray”.pray yeδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.γένηταιgenētaibeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.beἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φυγὴphugēflightφυγήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “flight”, the subject formG5437flight, fleeing.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.χειμῶνοςcheimōnosin the winterχειμών (cheimōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “in the winter”, the of-formG5494a storm, tempest; winter, the rainy season.in the winterμηδὲmēdeneitherμηδέconjunction — “neither”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.neitherσαββάτῳsabbatōsabbath dayσάββατον (sabbaton)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “sabbath day”, the to- or for-formG4521the Sabbath, a week.the sabbath day

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐνenonἐνpreposition — “on”G1722in, on, among.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;

Compare Public-Domain Translations

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

American Standard Version (1901)

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:

Young’s Literal Translation

and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;

World English Bible

Pray that your flight will not be in the winter nor on a Sabbath ,

Darby Translation

But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on sabbath:

Douay-Rheims

But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies