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James 3:10

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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ἐκekOut ofἐκpreposition — “Out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.Out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτοῦautousameαὐτός (autos)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “same”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “same”.the sameστόματοςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthἐξέρχεταιexerchetaiproceedethἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “proceedeth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1831I go out, come out.proceedethεὐλογίαeulogiablessingεὐλογίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “blessing”, the subject formG2129adulation, praise, blessing, gift.This verse uses “blessing”.blessingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατάραkataracursingκατάραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “cursing”, the subject formG2671cursing; a curse; meton: a doomed one.This verse uses “cursing”.cursingοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notχρήchrēit should beχρήverb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it should be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5534it is necessary, proper, fitting.ἀδελφοίadelphoibrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.οὕτωςhoutōssoοὕτω(ς)adverb — “so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.soγίνεσθαιginesthaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.to be

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

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American Standard Version (1901)

out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Young’s Literal Translation

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

World English Bible

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Darby Translation

Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.

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