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Matthew 23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

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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 youὁδηγοὶhodēgoiguidesὁδηγός (hodēgos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “guides”, the calling formG3595a leader, guide; met: an instructor, teacher.guidesτυφλοὶtuphloiblindτυφλός (tuphlos)adjective, vocative, plural, masculine — “blind”, the calling formG5185blind, physically or mentally.οἱhoiwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichλέγοντεςlegontessayλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.sayὋςhosWhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.Whosoeverἂνanifἄνparticle — “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.ὀμόσῃomosēshall swearὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall swear”, a single actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.This verse uses “swear”.shall swearἐνenbyἐνpreposition — “by”G1722in, on, among.byτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ναῷnaōtempleναός (naos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “temple”, the to- or for-formG3485a temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides.the templeοὐδένoudennothingοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverδ’dbutδέ (de)conjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “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.ὀμόσῃomosēshall swearὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall swear”, a single actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.This verse uses “swear”.shall swearἐνenbyἐνpreposition — “by”G1722in, on, among.byτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.χρυσῷchrusōgoldχρυσός (chrusos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “gold”, the to- or for-formG5557gold, anything made of gold, a gold coin.the goldτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ναοῦnaouof the templeναός (naos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the temple”, the of-formG3485a temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides.of the templeὀφείλειopheileihe is a debtorὀφείλω (opheilō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he is a debtor”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3784I owe, ought.he is a debtor

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary — is debtor!

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary — is debtor!

World English Bible

“ Woe to you , you blind guides , who say , ‘ Whoever swears by the temple , it is nothing ; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple , he is obligated .’

Darby Translation

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.

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