Luke 4:21 This day is this scripture fulfilled

After Jesus reads at the meeting house in Nazareth and everyone is staring at him.

KJV

Luke 4:21 This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

NIV

Luke 4:21 Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

LISTENERS HEARD

On this day, it has been fulfilled, that writing there, with those ears of yours.

MY TAKE

Words fill our ears and ideas fill our heads.

GREEK (Each Word Explained Bottom of Page)

Luke 4:21 Σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν.

GREEK ORDER

Σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν.
On this day, it has been fulfilled , that writing there, with those ears of yours.

LOST IN TRANSLATION

The word translated as "scriptures" just means "writings" and has no sense of sacred writings. An adverb follow the word meaning "there." It may be mistranslated as "this" which is a similar, but different, word.

The verb translated as "is fulfilled" is the past perfect tense, "has been fulfilled." It is a bit a wordplay because it means both "fulfilling" a prophecy and "filling something" in this case, "ears."

The humor here is in the final phrase, "in your ears," but it is perhaps better translated as "with those ears of yours." The preposition can be translated as "in" when referring to a place, but it means "with" when referring to an instrument used.

WT - Wrong Tense - The "is" indicates the present tense but the tense is past perfect.
CW --Confusing Word -- The "scripture" is more specific than the word's general meaning.
MW - Missing Word -- The word "there" is not shown in the English translation.
MW - Missing Word -- The word "the/this" before "heaven" is not shown in the English translation.

CW --Confusing Word -- The "scripture" is more specific than the word's general meaning.
MW - Missing Word -- The word "there" is not shown in the English translation.
WT - Wrong Tense - The "is" indicates the present tense but the tense is past perfect.
MW - Missing Word -- The word "the/this" before "ears" is not shown in the English translation.
WW --Wrong Word -- The word translated as "hearing" should be something more like "ears."

EACH WORD of KJV

This day -- The Greek word translated as "this day" is an adverb that means "for today" and "on this day." Jesus sometimes uses it as a noun by adding an article before it.

is -- (WT) This helping verb indicates the passive form of the verb. This verb is in the past, perfect tense so "has been" is correct.

this -- The word translated as "this" is the Greek definite article, "the," which usually precedes a noun. Without a noun, it has the sense of "the one." The Greek article is much closer to our demonstrative pronouns ("this," "that," "these," "those") than the English "the." See this article for more.

scripture - - (CW) "Scripture" is a noun that means "writing", "the art of writing," and "that which is written," so, the "writings." It doesn't have the specific sense of religious writing that "scriptures" does. It might also be worth noting that the Greek word translated as "scriptures" literally means "a drawing." For the Greeks, both drawings and words created a "picture" or a man-made, artificial representation of reality. Its translation as "scripture" is more specific than the word's more general meaning.

missing "there" -- (MW) The untranslated word could be the singular adjective used as the subject pronoun in the feminine but since there is already a subject, this is more likely the adverbial form meaning "there."

fulfilled -- "Fulfilled" is a verb that means "to fill," "to fulfill," and "to fill full." However, its has a very strong sense of "making" something "full" or "complete."

in -- The word translated as "in" means "in," "within," "with" (an instrument), "by" (near), "by" (means of), "during" (time), or "among" with a dative object as the one here. When referring to time, it means "during." It can mean "on," "at," or "by" in the sense of "near."

missing "the/this" -- (MW) The untranslated word is the Greek definite article," the," which usually precedes a noun and, without a noun, takes the meaning of "the one." The Greek article is much closer to our demonstrative pronouns ("this," "that," "these," and "those"). See this article for more.

your -- The word translated as "your" is a plural, second-person pronoun in the genitive case. This pronoun follows the noun so the possessive "of yours."

ears. -- The term translated as "ears" means "ear," things resembling a handle and is a metaphor for understanding.

EACH WORD of NIV

Today -- The Greek word translated as "this day" is an adverb that means "for today" and "on this day." Jesus sometimes uses it as a noun by adding an article before it.