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2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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πονηροὶponēroievilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.evilδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoimenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.menκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγόητεςgoētesseducersγόης (goēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “seducers”, the subject formG1114a conjuror, juggler, sorcerer; a tricky (crafty) deceiver, imposter.seducersπροκόψουσινprokopsousinshall waxπροκόπτω (prokoptō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall wax”, an action still aheadG4298(originally of the pioneer cutting his way through brushwood), I advance, progress, make progress.shall waxἐπὶepiworse and worseἐπίpreposition — “worse and worse”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.worse and worseτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖρονcheironworse thanχείρων (cheirōn)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “worse than”, the object formG5501worse, more severe.πλανῶντεςplanōntesdeceivingπλανάω (planaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “deceiving”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4105I lead astray, deceive, cause to wander.deceivingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπλανώμενοιplanōmenoibeing deceivedπλανάω (planaō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “being deceived”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4105I lead astray, deceive, cause to wander.being deceived

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Young’s Literal Translation

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

World English Bible

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Darby Translation

But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.

Douay-Rheims

But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error.

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