John 16:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
John 16:20 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · John 16:2022 words
ἀμὴνamēnamen
ἀμὴνamēnamen
λέγωlegōsay
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ὅτιhotithat / because
κλαύσετεklausetebewail, weep
καὶkaiand / also
θρηνήσετεthrēnēsetelament, mourn
ὑμεῖςhymeisyou
ὁhothe
δὲdeand / but
κόσμοςkosmosworld
χαρήσεταιcharēsetaifarewell, be glad, God speed
ὑμεῖςhymeisyou
λυπηθήσεσθεlypēthēsesthecause
grief, grieve, be in heaviness
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ἡhēthe
λύπηlypēgrief, grievous, + grudgingly
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
εἰςeisinto / to
χαρὰνcharangladness, (exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully
γενήσεταιgenēsetaiarise, be
assembled, be(-come
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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