King James Version

Matthew 7:25

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “beat” (προσέπεσαν) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “beat” (προσέπεσον) before that here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andκατέβηkatebēdescendedκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “descended”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.descendedἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βροχὴbrochērainβροχήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “rain”, the subject formG1028a heavy rain.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἦλθονēlthoncameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ποταμοὶpotamoiriverποταμός (potamos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “river”, the subject formG4215a river, torrent, stream.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔπνευσανepneusanblewπνέω (pneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “blew”, a single actionG4154I blow, breathe, as the wind.blewοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνεμοιanemoiwindἄνεμος (anemos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “wind”, the subject formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσέπεσανprosepesanbeat uponπροσπίπτω (prospiptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “beat upon”, a single actionG4363(a) I fall down before, (b) I beat against, rush violently upon.beat uponτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίᾳoikiahouseοἰκίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “house”, the to- or for-formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.houseἐκείνῃekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔπεσενepesento collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.τεθεμελίωτοtethemeliōtoit was foundedθεμελιόω (themelioō)verb, pluperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “it was founded”, a completed action before another past momentG2311I found, lay the foundation (lit. and met.).it was foundedγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πέτρανpetrana rockπέτρα (petra)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a rock”, the object formG4073a rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground.a rock

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

προσέπεσονprosepesonbeat uponπροσπίπτω (prospiptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “beat upon”, a single actionG4363(a) I fall down before, (b) I beat against, rush violently upon.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

World English Bible

The rain came down , the floods came , and the winds blew and beat on that house ; and it didn’ t fall , for it was founded on the rock .

Darby Translation

and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Douay-Rheims

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

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