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John 7:51

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

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Μὴmēnotμήparticle — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.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.lawἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).κρίνειkrineijudgeκρίνω (krinō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “judge”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2919(a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) I decide, I think (it) good.This verse uses “judge”.judgeτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωπονanthrōponany manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “any man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.any manἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἀκούσῃakousēit hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “it hear”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.it hearπρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.παρ’parfrom withπαρά (para)preposition — “from with”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.αὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγνῷgnōknowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “know”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.knowτίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatποιεῖpoieihe doethποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he doeth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.he doeth

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

Young’s Literal Translation

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

World English Bible

“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

Darby Translation

Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

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Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?

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