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Matthew 13:21

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

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οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔχειecheito haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.δὲdeforδέconjunction — “for”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.forῥίζανrhizanrootῥίζα (rhiza)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “root”, the object formG4491a root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἑαυτῷheautōmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “my”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.πρόσκαιρόςproskairostemporaryπρόσκαιροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “temporary”, the subject formG4340for a season, temporary.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.γενομένηςgenomenēsarisethγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “ariseth”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.arisethδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.θλίψεωςthlipseōspressureθλῖψις (thlipsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “pressure”, the of-formG2347persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.διωγμοῦdiōgmoupersecutionδιωγμός (diōgmos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “persecution”, the of-formG1375chase, pursuit; persecution.διὰdiabecauseδιάpreposition — “because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.becauseτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonof the wordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “of the word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.of the wordεὐθὺςeuthusimmediatelyεὐθύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “immediately”, the subject formG2117adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.This verse uses “immediately”.Strong’s files this form under G2112 (εὐθέως).σκανδαλίζεταιskandalizetaihe is offendedσκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “he is offended”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4624I cause to stumble, cause to sin, cause to become indignant, shock, offend.he is offended

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

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American Standard Version (1901)

yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

World English Bible

yet he has no root in himself , but endures for a while . When oppression or persecution arises because of the word , immediately he stumbles.

Darby Translation

but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

Douay-Rheims

Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

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