King James Version

Matthew 25:6

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “comes” (ἔρχεται,) before do go here.

μέσηςmesēsat midnightμέσος (mesos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “at midnight”, the of-formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.at midnightδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.νυκτὸςnuktosnightνύξ (nux)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “night”, the of-formG3571the night, night-time.κραυγὴkraugēthere was a cryκραυγήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “there was a cry”, the subject formG2906(a) a shout, cry, clamor, (b) outcry, clamoring against another.there was a cryγέγονενgegonenmadeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “made”, a completed action with a present resultG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.madeἸδοὺidouBeholdἰδούparticle — “Behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.Beholdὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.νυμφίοςnumphiosbridegroomνυμφίοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “bridegroom”, the subject formG3566a bridegroom.the bridegroomἐξέρχεσθεexerchesthego ye outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person plural — “go ye out”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1831I go out, come out.go ye outεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἀπάντησινapantēsinmeetἀπάντησις (apantēsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “meet”, the object formG529the act of meeting, to meet (a phrase seemingly almost technical for the reception of a newly arrived official).This verse uses “meet”.meetαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἔρχεταιerchetaicomethἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle or passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “cometh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

World English Bible

But at midnight there was a cry , ‘ Behold ! The bridegroom is coming ! Come out to meet him !’

Darby Translation

But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.

Douay-Rheims

And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him.

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