King James Version

2 Corinthians 3:13

And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of himself” (αὐτοῦ) before for here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “his own” (ἑαυτοῦ) before for here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notκαθάπερkathaperasκαθάπερconjunction — “as”G2509even as, just as.asΜωϋσῆςmōusēsMosesΜωϋσῆςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the subject formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.Mosesἐτίθειetitheiwhich putτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “which put”, an ongoing action in the pastG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “put”.which putκάλυμμαkalummaa vailκάλυμμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a vail”, the object formG2571a covering, especially a covering of head and face, a veil.a vailἐπὶepioverἐπίpreposition — “over”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.overτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρόσωπονprosōponfaceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.faceαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πρὸςprosthatπρόςpreposition — “that”G4314to, towards, with.thatτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἀτενίσαιatenisaito stedfastly lookἀτενίζω (atenizō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to stedfastly look”, a single actionG816I direct my gaze, look steadily.stedfastly lookτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοὺςhuioussonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.ἸσραὴλisraēlIsraelἸσραήλnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Israel”, the of-formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τέλοςtelosendτέλοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “end”, the object formG5056(a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.the endτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καταργουμένουkatargoumenouof that which is abolishedκαταργέω (katargeō)verb, present passive participle, genitive, singular, neuter — “of that which is abolished”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2673(a) I make idle (inactive), make of no effect, annul, abolish, bring to naught, (b) I discharge, sever, separate from.of that which is abolished

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ἑαυτοῦheautouhisἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and [are] not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

Young’s Literal Translation

and [are] not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,

World English Bible

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

Darby Translation

and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.

Douay-Rheims

And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.

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