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Luke 11:52

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

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οὐαὶouaiWoeοὐαίparticle — “Woe”G3759woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation.Woeὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.νομικοῖςnomikoislawyersνομικός (nomikos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “lawyers”, the to- or for-formG3544(a) adj: connected with law, about law, (b) noun: a lawyer, one learned in the Law, one learned in the Old Testament.lawyersὅτιhoti! forὅτιconjunction — “! for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.! forἤρατεērateye have taken awayαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye have taken away”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.ye have taken awayτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κλεῖδαkleidakeyκλείς (kleis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “key”, the object formG2807a key.the keyτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γνώσεωςgnōseōsof knowledgeγνῶσις (gnōsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of knowledge”, the of-formG1108knowledge, doctrine, wisdom.This verse uses “knowledge”.of knowledgeαὐτοὶautoiyourselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.yourselvesοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.εἰσήλθατεeisēlthatethem that were entering inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “them that were entering in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.them that were entering inκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.εἰσερχομένουςeiserchomenousto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to enter”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.ἐκωλύσατεekōlusateye hinderedκωλύω (kōluō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye hindered”, a single actionG2967I prevent, debar, hinder; with infin: from doing so and so.ye hindered

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

World English Bible

Woe to you lawyers ! For you took away the key of knowledge . You didn’ t enter in yourselves , and those who were entering in , you hindered .”

Darby Translation

Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered in, and those that were entering in, you have hindered.

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