Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἂν) before I shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “I will come to” (ἐλεύσομαι πρὸς) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “you” (ὑμᾶς) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “if” (ἐὰν) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ὡςhōsWhensoeverὡςconjunction — “Whensoever”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.Whensoeverἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ifπορεύωμαιporeuōmaito travelπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to travel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “travel”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΣπανίανspanianSpainΣπανία (spania)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Spain”, the object formG4681Spain, roughly co-extensive with the modern country of the name.ἐλπίζωelpizōto hopeἐλπίζωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to hope”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1679I hope, hope for, expect, trust.This verse uses “hope”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.διαπορευόμενοςdiaporeuomenosto travel throughδιαπορεύομαι (diaporeuomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to travel through”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1279I journey through (past).θεάσασθαιtheasasthaito look atθεάομαι (theaomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to look at”, a single actionG2300I see, behold, contemplate, look upon, view; I see, visit.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὑφ’huphbyὑπό (hupo)preposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.ὑμῶνhumōnyourσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “your”, the of-formG4771you.yourπροπεμφθῆναιpropemphthēnaito help on the wayπροπέμπω (propempō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to help on the way”, a single actionG4311I send forward, accompany, equip for a journey.ἐκεῖekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.ἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.πρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.ἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.μέρουςmerouspartμέρος (meros)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “part”, the of-formG3313a part, portion, share.ἐμπλησθῶ—emplēsthōto fill upἐμπίμπλημι (empimplēmi)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to fill up”, a single actionG1705I fill up, satisfy.This verse uses “fill up”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἐλεύσομαιeleusomaiI will comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future deponent indicative, 1st person singular — “I will come”, an action still aheadG2064I come, go.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.ἐὰνeanifἐάνconditional particle — “if”G1437if.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.
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American Standard Version (1901)
whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)—
Young’s Literal Translation
when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.
World English Bible
whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
Darby Translation
whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)
Douay-Rheims
When I shall begin to take my journey into Spain, I hope that as I pass, I shall see you, and be brought on my way thither by you, if first, in part, I shall have enjoyed you:
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