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Matthew 24:22

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἐκολοβώθησανekolobōthēsanshould be shortenedκολοβόω (koloboō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “should be shortened”, a single actionG2856(lit: I maim, mutilate), I cut short, shorten, abbreviate.should be shortenedαἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιhēmeraidaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “days”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἐκεῖναιekeinaithatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, feminine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.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.ἐσώθηesōthēto saveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to save”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.πᾶσαpasaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.σάρξsarxfleshσάρξnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the subject formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκλεκτοὺςeklektousselectἐκλεκτός (eklektos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “select”, the object formG1588chosen out, elect, choice, select, sometimes as subst: of those chosen out by God for the rendering of special service to Him (of the Hebrew race, particular Hebrews, the Messiah, and the Christians).This verse uses “select”.κολοβωθήσονταιkolobōthēsontaishall be shortenedκολοβόω (koloboō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall be shortened”, an action still aheadG2856(lit: I maim, mutilate), I cut short, shorten, abbreviate.shall be shortenedαἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιhēmeraidayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “day”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ἐκεῖναιekeinaithatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, feminine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Young’s Literal Translation

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

World English Bible

Unless those days had been shortened , no flesh would have been saved . But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened .

Darby Translation

and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

Douay-Rheims

And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

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