ἤēOrἤconjunction — “Or”G2228or, than.OrΤίςtisWhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.Whoκαταβήσεταιkatabēsetaishall descendκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall descend”, an action still aheadG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.shall descendεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “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.ἄβυσσονabussondeepἄβυσσος (abussos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “deep”, the object formG12the abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits.the deepτοῦτ’toutthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἔστινestin? (that isεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “? (that is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.? (that isΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromνεκρῶνnekrōndeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.the deadἀναγαγεῖνanagageinto leadἀνάγω (anagō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to lead”, a single actionG321I lead up, bring up, offer, produce, put to sea, set sail.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
or, 'Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.
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American Standard Version (1901)
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)
Young’s Literal Translation
or, 'Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.
World English Bible
or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”
Darby Translation
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? that is, to bring up Christ from among [the] dead.
Douay-Rheims
Or who shall descend into the deep? that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.
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