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Matthew 18:9

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθαλμόςophthalmoseyeὀφθαλμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “eye”, the subject formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.eyeσουsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.theeσκανδαλίζειskandalizeito cause to stumbleσκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to cause to stumble”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4624I cause to stumble, cause to sin, cause to become indignant, shock, offend.σεseyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “you”, the object formG4771you.ἔξελεexeleto take outἐξαιρέω (exaireō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to take out”, a single actionG1807I take out, remove; sometimes (mid): I choose, sometimes: I rescue.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.βάλεbaleto be castβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to be cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.to be castἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.σοῦsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.καλόνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.σοίsoiyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.μονόφθαλμονmonophthalmonone-eyedμονόφθαλμος (monophthalmos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one-eyed”, the object formG3442one-eyed, with one eye only.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ζωὴνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.δύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “two”, the object formG1417two.ὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmouseyeὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “eye”, the object formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.ἔχονταechontato haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.βληθῆναιblēthēnaito throwβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to throw”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “throw”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γέεννανgeennanhellγέεννα (geenna)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hell”, the object formG1067Gehenna, and originally the name of a valley or cavity near Jerusalem, a place underneath the earth, a place of punishment for evil.hellτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πυρόςpurosfireπῦρ (pur)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “fire”, the of-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.fire

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

World English Bible

If your eye causes you to stumble , pluck it out and cast it from you . It is better for you to enter into life with one eye , rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire .

Darby Translation

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

Douay-Rheims

And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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