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Jude 1:16

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

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οὗτοίhoutoiTheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “These”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.Theseεἰσινeisinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.areγογγυσταίgongustaimurmurersγογγυστής (gongustēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “murmurers”, the subject formG1113a murmurer, grumbler.murmurersμεμψίμοιροιmempsimoiroicomplainersμεμψίμοιρος (mempsimoiros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “complainers”, the subject formG3202blaming one's lot or destiny, discontented, complaining.complainersκατὰkataafterκατάpreposition — “after”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.afterτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπιθυμίαςepithumiaslustsἐπιθυμία (epithumia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “lusts”, the object formG1939desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust.lustsαὐτῶνautōntheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “their”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.theirπορευόμενοιporeuomenoito travelπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to travel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “travel”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.στόμαstomamouthστόμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the subject formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.λαλεῖlaleispeakethλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “speaketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.speakethὑπέρογκαhuperonkagreat swellingὑπέρογκος (huperonkos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “great swelling”, the object formG5246immoderate, boastful, excessive, pompous.great swellingθαυμάζοντεςthaumazontesin admirationθαυμάζω (thaumazō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “in admiration”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2296(a) intrans: I wonder, marvel, (b) trans: I wonder at, admire.in admirationπρόσωπαprosōpafaceπρόσωπον (prosōpon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.ὠφελείαςōpheleiasof advantageὠφέλεια (ōpheleia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of advantage”, the of-formG5622usefulness, profit, advantage, benefit, gain.This verse uses “advantage”.of advantageχάρινcharinbecause ofχάρινpreposition — “because of”G5484for the sake of, by reason of, on account of.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

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American Standard Version (1901)

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words ), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

Young’s Literal Translation

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

World English Bible

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

Darby Translation

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.

Douay-Rheims

These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to their own desires, and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring persons for gain’s sake.

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