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Hebrews 10:1

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

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Σκιὰνskiana shadowσκιά (skia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a shadow”, the object formG4639a shadow, shade, thick darkness, an outline.This verse uses “a shadow”.a shadowγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἔχωνechōnto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.νόμοςnomoslawνόμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “law”, the subject formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μελλόντωνmellontōnto comeμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, neuter — “to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.to comeἀγαθῶνagathōngood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “good-doer”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.οὐκoukand notοὐ (ou)adverb — “and not”G3756no, not.and notαὐτὴνautēnveryαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “very”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.the veryτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.εἰκόναeikonaimageεἰκών (eikōn)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “image”, the object formG1504an image, likeness, bust.imageτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πραγμάτωνpragmatōnof the thingsπρᾶγμα (pragma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the things”, the of-formG4229a thing done, a deed, action; a matter, an affair.of the thingsκατ’katyear by yearκατά (kata)preposition — “year by year”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.year by yearἐνιαυτὸνeniautonyearἐνιαυτός (eniautos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “year”, the object formG1763a year, cycle of time.ταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.αὐταῖςautaisheαὐτός (autos)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.θυσίαιςthusiaissacrificeθυσία (thusia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “sacrifice”, the to- or for-formG2378abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering.ἃςhaswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.προσφέρουσινprospherousinto bring toπροσφέρω (prospherō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to bring to”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “bring to”.εἰςeiscontinuallyεἰςpreposition — “continually”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.continuallyτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.διηνεκὲςdiēnekesperpetualδιηνεκής (diēnekēs)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “perpetual”, the object formG1336continuous, continually, unbroken.οὐδέποτεoudepoteneverοὐδέποτεadverb — “never”G3763never.δύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.προσερχομένουςproserchomenouscomers thereuntoπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “comers thereunto”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).the comers thereuntoτελειῶσαιteleiōsaito perfectτελειόω (teleioō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to perfect”, a single actionG5048(a) as a course, a race, or the like: I complete, finish (b) as of time or prediction: I accomplish, (c) I make perfect; pass: I am perfected.perfect

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

For the law having a shadow of the coming good things — not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

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World English Bible

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

Darby Translation

For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach.

Douay-Rheims

For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things; by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect:

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