King James Version

2 Corinthians 3:7

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “in” (ἐν) before glory here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

Εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἡhēwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichδιακονίαdiakoniaserviceδιακονίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “service”, the subject formG1248waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration.This verse uses “service”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτουthanatoudeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.γράμμασινgrammasinsomething writtenγράμμα (gramma)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “something written”, the to- or for-formG1121a letter of the alphabet; collectively: written (revelation); (a) a written document, a letter, an epistle, (b) writings, literature, learning.ἐντετυπωμένηentetupōmenēto engraveἐντυπόω (entupoō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to engrave”, a completed action with a present resultG1795I engrave, imprint.λίθοιςlithoisstoneλίθος (lithos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “stone”, the to- or for-formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.ἐγενήθηegenēthēto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.δόξῃdoxēgloryδόξα (doxa)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the to- or for-formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.ὥστεhōstesoὥστεconjunction — “so”G5620so that, therefore, so then, so as to.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.δύνασθαιdunasthaibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle infinitive — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἀτενίσαιatenisaito gazeἀτενίζω (atenizō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to gaze”, a single actionG816I direct my gaze, look steadily.τοὺςtoustheὁ (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.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρόσωπονprosōponfaceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.ΜωϋσέωςmōuseōsMosesΜωϋσῆς (mōusēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the of-formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δόξανdoxangloryδόξα (doxa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the object formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προσώπουprosōpoufaceπρόσωπον (prosōpon)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “face”, the of-formG4383the face, countenance, surface.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καταργουμένηνkatargoumenēnglory was to be done awayκαταργέω (katargeō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “glory was to be done away”, 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.glory was to be done away

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐνenwrittenἐνpreposition — “written”G1722in, on, among.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face — which was being made useless,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,

Darby Translation

(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, [a glory] which is annulled;

Douay-Rheims

Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void:

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