Matthew 12:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος,

Transliteration

So that might be plērōthē the rhēthen through Ēsaiou the prophētou, legontos,

Grammar Details

• *plērōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be fulfilled/completed
• *rhēthen*: aorist passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - spoken/said
• *Ēsaiou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Isaiah
• *prophētou*: genitive, masculine, singular - prophet
• *legontos*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - saying

Word Meanings

• *plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/might be completed/might come to pass
• *rhēthen*: spoken/said/declared
• *prophētou*: prophet/spokesperson
• *legontos*: saying/speaking/declaring

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that{G3704} it might be fulfilled{G4137} which was spoken{G4483} through{G1223} Isaiah{G2268} the prophet,{G4396} saying,{G3004}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That{G3704} it might be fulfilled{G4137}{(G5686)} which{G3588} was spoken{G4483}{(G5685)} by{G1223} Esaias{G2268} the prophet{G4396}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  to fulfyll that which was spoden by Esay ye Prophet which sayeth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that the thinge might be fulfylled, which was spoken by Esay the prophet, which sayeth:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That it might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esaias the prophete, saying:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

• World English Bible (2000)

  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

Referenced Verses

• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry out, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth justice unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set justice in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.
• Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Isa 44:26 : 26 Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
• Matt 8:17 : 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.
• Matt 13:35 : 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.
• Matt 21:4 : 4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
• Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.
• John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken,
• John 12:38 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• John 19:28 : 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst.
• Acts 13:27 : 27 For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, have fulfilled them in condemning him.
• Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.