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Ephesians 5:6

In Ephesians 5 of Ephesians.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

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Μηδεὶςmēdeisno manμηδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3367no one, none, nothing.no manὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youἀπατάτωapatatōto trickἀπατάω (apataō)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person singular — “to trick”, an ongoing or repeated actionG538I deceive, cheat, lead into error.κενοῖςkenoiswith vainκενός (kenos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “with vain”, the to- or for-formG2756(a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.This verse uses “vain”.with vainλόγοιςlogoiswordsλόγος (logos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “words”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordsδιὰdiabecauseδιάpreposition — “because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.becauseταῦταtautaof these thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “of these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.of these thingsγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἔρχεταιerchetaicomethἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “cometh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.comethἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὀργὴorgēwrathὀργήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “wrath”, the subject formG3709anger, wrath, passion; punishment, vengeance.This verse uses “wrath”.the wrathτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοὺςhuiouschildrenυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “children”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.the childrenτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀπειθείαςapeitheiasof disobedienceἀπείθεια (apeitheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of disobedience”, the of-formG543willful unbelief, obstinacy, disobedience.This verse uses “disobedience”.of disobedience

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

World English Bible

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Darby Translation

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Douay-Rheims

Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.

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