King James Version

Matthew 12:20

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

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κάλαμονkalamonreedκάλαμος (kalamos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “reed”, the object formG2563a reed; a reed-pen, reed-staff, measuring rod.reedσυντετριμμένονsuntetrimmenonto breakσυντρίβω (suntribō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to break”, a completed action with a present resultG4937I break by crushing, break in pieces, shatter, crush, bruise.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notκατεάξειkateaxeibreakκατάγνυμι (katagnumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “break”, an action still aheadG2608I break down (in pieces), crush, break into.breakκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλίνονlinonflaxλίνονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “flax”, the object formG3043flax, linen.This verse uses “flax”.flaxτυφόμενονtuphomenonto smoulderτύφομαι (tuphomai)verb, present passive participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “to smoulder”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5188I raise smoke, smolder.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notσβέσειsbeseiquenchσβέννυμι (sbennumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “quench”, an action still aheadG4570(a) I extinguish, quench, (b) I suppress, thwart.quenchἕωςheōstillἕωςconjunction — “till”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.tillἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἐκβάλῃekbalēhe send forthἐκβάλλω (ekballō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he send forth”, a single actionG1544I throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce.he send forthεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoνῖκοςnikosvictoryνῖκοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “victory”, the object formG3534victory.victoryτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κρίσινkrisinjudgmentκρίσις (krisis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “judgment”, the object formG2920judging, judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

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American Standard Version (1901)

A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Young’s Literal Translation

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

World English Bible

He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.

Darby Translation

a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

Douay-Rheims

The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Quotes

Isaiah 42:3 Isaiah 42:3 · King James VersionA bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.Isaiah 42:3 · King James VersionOpen the Source
That it might be fulfilled
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

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