King James Version

Matthew 5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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ὅπωςhopōsThatὅπωςconjunction — “That”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.Thatγένησθεgenēstheye may beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye may be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ye may beυἱοὶhuioichildrenυἱός (huios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “children”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the childrenτοῦtouwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichπατρὸςpatrosfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνenis inἐνpreposition — “is in”G1722in, on, among.is inοὐρανοῖςouranoisheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἥλιονhēlionsunἥλιος (hēlios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “sun”, the object formG2246the sun, sunlight.sunαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀνατέλλειanatelleito riseἀνατέλλω (anatellō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to rise”, an ongoing or repeated actionG393I make to rise, I rise, shine (generally of the sun, and hence met.).to riseἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onπονηροὺςponērousevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.the evilκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀγαθοὺςagathouson the goodἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “on the good”, the object formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.on the goodκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andβρέχειbrecheisendeth rainβρέχω (brechō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “sendeth rain”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1026I moisten, rain, send rain.This verse uses “rain”.sendeth rainἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onδικαίουςdikaiousjustδίκαιος (dikaios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “just”, the object formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).This verse uses “just”.the justκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀδίκουςadikouson the unjustἄδικος (adikos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “on the unjust”, the object formG94unjust, unrighteous, wicked.This verse uses “unjust”.on the unjust

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

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American Standard Version (1901)

that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

Young’s Literal Translation

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

World English Bible

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven . For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good , and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Darby Translation

that ye may be [the] sons of your Father who is in [the] heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.

Douay-Rheims

That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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