Matthew 4:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward became hungry.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ νηστεύσας ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, ὕστερον ἐπείνασεν.

Transliteration

And nēsteusas hēmeras tessarakonta and nuktas tessarakonta, husteron epeinasen.

Grammar Details

• *nēsteusas*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having fasted
• *hēmeras*: accusative, feminine, plural - days [object of time]
• *tessarakonta*: numeral - forty
• *nuktas*: accusative, feminine, plural - nights [object of time]
• *husteron*: adverb - afterward/later
• *epeinasen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - he hungered/became hungry

Word Meanings

• *nēsteusas*: having fasted/after fasting
• *husteron*: afterward/later/finally
• *epeinasen*: he hungered/became hungry/was famished

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After fasting for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when he had fasted{G3522} forty{G5062} days{G2250} and{G2532} forty{G5062} nights,{G3571} he{G3983} afterward{G5305} hungered.{G3983}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when he had fasted{G3522}{(G5660)} forty{G5062} days{G2250} and{G2532} forty{G5062} nights{G3571}, he was afterward{G5305} an hungred{G3983}{(G5656)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes, he was afterward an hungred.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nights, he was afterward hungrie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, he was afterwarde an hungred.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:28 : 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
• 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mountain of God.
• Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread nor drank water:
• Deut 9:18 : 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• John 4:6 : 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
• Heb 2:14-17 : 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For certainly, He did not take on the nature of angels, but He took on the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
• Exod 24:18 : 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
• Deut 9:25 : 25 So I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
• Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put My words in His mouth; and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
• Matt 21:18 : 18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
• Mark 11:12 : 12 And on the next day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry:
• Luke 4:2 : 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended, he was hungry.