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Matthew 24:38

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “As” (ὡς) before for here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “giving in marriage” (γαμίζοντες,) before until here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “As” (Ὥσπερ) before for here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “marrying” (ἐκγαμίζοντες) before until here.

ὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἦσανēsanthat wereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “that were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.that wereἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κατακλυσμοῦkataklusmoufloodκατακλυσμός (kataklusmos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “flood”, the of-formG2627a deluge, flood.This verse uses “flood”.τρώγοντεςtrōgontesto eatτρώγω (trōgō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to eat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5176I eat, partake of a meal.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πίνοντεςpinontesto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to drink”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.γαμοῦντεςgamountesto marryγαμέω (gameō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to marry”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1060I marry, used of either sex.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.γαμίζοντεςgamizontesto give in marriageγαμίζω (gamizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to give in marriage”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1061I give in marriage.ἄχριachriuntilἄχριpreposition — “until”G891as far as, up to, until, during.This verse uses “until”.ἧςhēsthatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “that”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.εἰσῆλθενeisēlthenenteredεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “entered”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.enteredΝῶεnōeNoahΝῶεnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Noah”, the subject formG3575(Hebrew) Noah.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κιβωτόνkibōtonarkκιβωτός (kibōtos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “ark”, the object formG2787(properly: a wooden box, hence) the Ark, in which Noah sailed; the Ark of the Covenant.the ark

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

Ὥσπερhōsperasὥσπερparticle — “as”G5618just as, as, even as.ἐκγαμίζοντεςekgamizontesgiving in marriageἐκγαμίζω (ekgamizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “giving in marriage”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1547

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

Young’s Literal Translation

for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

World English Bible

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking , marrying and giving in marriage , until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

Darby Translation

For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,

Douay-Rheims

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark,

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