King James Version

Matthew 24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “that” (ὅτι) before certainly here.

ἀμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.VerilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.παρέλθῃparelthēpassπαρέρχομαι (parerchomai)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “pass”, a single actionG3928I pass by, pass away, pass out of sight; I am rendered void, become vain, neglect, disregard.passἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γενεὰgeneagenerationγενεάnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “generation”, the subject formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.αὕτηhautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἕωςheōsuntilἕωςconjunction — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.ἂνantillἄνparticle — “till”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.tillπάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsγένηταιgenētaibe fulfilledγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “be fulfilled”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.be fulfilled

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

Young’s Literal Translation

Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

World English Bible

Most certainly I tell you , this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished .

Darby Translation

Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place.

Douay-Rheims

Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies