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Matthew 23:15

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

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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 youγραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesγραμματεύς (grammateus)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “scribes”, the calling formG1122(a) in Jerusalem, a scribe, one learned in the Jewish Law, a religious teacher, (b) at Ephesus, the town-clerk, the secretary of the city, (c) a man of learning generally.scribesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΦαρισαῖοιpharisaioiPhariseesΦαρισαῖος (pharisaios)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “Pharisees”, the calling formG5330a Pharisee, one of the Jewish sect so called.Phariseesὑποκριταίhupokritaihypocritesὑποκριτής (hupokritēs)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “hypocrites”, the calling formG5273(lit: a stage-player), a hypocrite, dissembler, pretender.hypocritesὅτιhoti! forὅτιconjunction — “! for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.! forπεριάγετεperiageteye compassπεριάγω (periagō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye compass”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4013I lead or carry about (or around), go about, traverse.ye compassτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.seaκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ξηρὰνxēranlandξηρός (xēros)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “land”, the object formG3584dry, withered; noun: dry land.landποιῆσαιpoiēsaito makeποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to make”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.to makeἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneπροσήλυτονprosēlutonproselyteπροσήλυτος (prosēlutos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “proselyte”, the object formG4339(lit: that has come to), a proselyte, that is a non-Jew, who has been circumcised and has adopted the Jews' religion.proselyteκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenγένηταιgenētaihe is madeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he is made”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.he is madeποιεῖτεpoieiteye makeποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye make”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ye makeαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himυἱὸνhuionchildυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “child”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.the childγεέννηςgeennēsof hellγέεννα (geenna)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of hell”, the of-formG1067Gehenna, and originally the name of a valley or cavity near Jerusalem, a place underneath the earth, a place of punishment for evil.of hellδιπλότερονdiploterondoubleδιπλοῦς (diplous)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, masculine — “double”, the object formG1362double, two-fold.This verse uses “double”.ὑμῶνhumōnthan yourselvesσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “than yourselves”, the of-formG4771you.than yourselves

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen — ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when he becomes one , you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves .

Darby Translation

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of hell than yourselves.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves.

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