King James Version

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

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μακάριοςmakariosBlessedμακάριοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Blessed”, the subject formG3107happy, blessed, to be envied.This verse uses “blessed”.Blessedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δοῦλοςdoulosservantδοῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “servant”, the subject formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.servantἐκεῖνοςekeinosthatἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ὃνhonwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἐλθὼνelthōnwhen he comethἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he cometh”, a single actionG2064I come, go.when he comethὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εὑρήσειheurēseishall findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall find”, an action still aheadG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.shall findοὕτωςhoutōssoοὕτω(ς)adverb — “so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.soποιοῦνταpoiountadoingποιέω (poieō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “doing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.doing

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Young’s Literal Translation

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

World English Bible

Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes .

Darby Translation

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.

Douay-Rheims

Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.

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