King James Version

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “declaration” (ῥῆμα) before against here.

μακάριοίmakarioiBlessedμακάριος (makarios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Blessed”, the subject formG3107happy, blessed, to be envied.This verse uses “blessed”.Blessedἐστεesteare yeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “are ye”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.are yeὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenὀνειδίσωσινoneidisōsinmen shall revileὀνειδίζω (oneidizō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “men shall revile”, a single actionG3679I reproach, revile, upbraid.This verse uses “revile”.men shall revileὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιώξωσινdiōxōsinpersecuteδιώκω (diōkō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “persecute”, a single actionG1377I pursue, hence: I persecute.This verse uses “persecute”.persecuteκαὶkaiyou, andκαίconjunction — “you, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.you, andεἴπωσινeipōsinshall sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “shall say”, a single 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”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).shall sayπᾶνpanall mannerπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “all manner”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all mannerπονηρὸνponēronof evilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “of evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.of evilκαθ’kathagainstκατά (kata)preposition — “against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.againstὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.youψευδόμενοιpseudomenoifalselyψεύδομαι (pseudomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “falsely”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5574I deceive, lie, speak falsely.falselyἕνεκενhenekenfor my sakeἕνεκενpreposition — “for my sake”G1752for the sake of, on account of, on account of which, wherefore, on account of what, why.for my sakeἐμοῦemouIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ῥῆμαrhēmadeclarationῥῆμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “declaration”, the object formG4487a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —

World English Bible

“ Blessed are you when people reproach you , persecute you , and say all kinds of evil against you falsely , for my sake .

Darby Translation

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

Douay-Rheims

Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:

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