King James Version

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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ἄφετεapheteLetἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “Let”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.Letαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτυφλοίtuphloiblindτυφλός (tuphlos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “blind”, the subject formG5185blind, physically or mentally.blindεἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁδηγοὶhodēgoileadersὁδηγός (hodēgos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “leaders”, the subject formG3595a leader, guide; met: an instructor, teacher.leadersτυφλῶνtuphlōnof the blindτυφλός (tuphlos)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the blind”, the of-formG5185blind, physically or mentally.of the blindτυφλὸςtuphlosblindτυφλόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “blind”, the subject formG5185blind, physically or mentally.the blindδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τυφλὸνtuphlonblindτυφλός (tuphlos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “blind”, the object formG5185blind, physically or mentally.the blindἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ὁδηγῇhodēgēto guideὁδηγέω (hodēgeō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to guide”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3594I lead, guide; met: I instruct, teach.This verse uses “guide”.ἀμφότεροιamphoteroibothἀμφότεροιadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “both”, the subject formG297both (of two).bothεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoβόθυνονbothunonditchβόθυνος (bothunos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “ditch”, the object formG999a pit, ditch.This verse uses “ditch”.the ditchπεσοῦνταιpesountaito collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to collapse”, an action still aheadG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

Young’s Literal Translation

let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

World English Bible

Leave them alone . They are blind guides of the blind . If the blind guide the blind , both will fall into a pit.”

Darby Translation

Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

Douay-Rheims

Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

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