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James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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ΠᾶσαpasaEveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “Every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.Everyδόσιςdosisgiftδόσιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “gift”, the subject formG1394a giving, gift, donation.This verse uses “gift”.giftἀγαθὴagathēgood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “good-doer”, the subject 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.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπᾶνpaneveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyδώρημαdōrēmagiftδώρημαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “gift”, the subject formG1434a gift, bounty.giftτέλειονteleionperfectτέλειος (teleios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “perfect”, the subject formG5046perfect, (a) complete in all its parts, (b) full grown, of full age, (c) specially of the completeness of Christian character.This verse uses “perfect”.ἄνωθένanōthenfrom aboveἄνωθενadverb — “from above”G509(a) from above, from heaven, (b) from the beginning, from their origin (source), from of old, (c) again, anew.This verse uses “from above”.from aboveἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καταβαῖνονkatabainonand cometh downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “and cometh down”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.and cometh downἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρὸςpatrosFatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the Fatherτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φώτωνphōtōnof lightsφῶς (phōs)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of lights”, the of-formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.of lightsπαρ’parwithπαρά (para)preposition — “with”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.withᾧhōwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.whomοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.noἔνιenithere isἔνιverb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1762there is in, is present.παραλλαγὴparallagēvariablenessπαραλλαγήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “variableness”, the subject formG3883a change, variation, mutation.variablenessἢēneitherἤconjunction — “neither”G2228or, than.neitherτροπῆςtropēsof turningτροπή (tropē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of turning”, the of-formG5157a turning, change, mutation.of turningἀποσκίασμαaposkiasmashadowἀποσκίασμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “shadow”, the subject formG644either a shadow cast by an object, or a faint image or copy of an object.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Young’s Literal Translation

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

World English Bible

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.

Darby Translation

Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.

Douay-Rheims

Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

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