King James Version

Matthew 7:17

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

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οὕτωςhoutōsEven soοὕτω(ς)adverb — “Even so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.Even soπᾶνpaneveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyδένδρονdendrontreeδένδρονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “tree”, the subject formG1186a tree.treeἀγαθὸνagathongood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good-doer”, the subject 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.καρποὺςkarpousfruitκαρπός (karpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fruit”, the object formG2590(a) fruit, generally vegetable, sometimes animal, (b) met: fruit, deed, action, result, (c) profit, gain.This verse uses “fruit”.fruitκαλοὺςkalousgoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “good”, the object 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”.ποιεῖpoieibringeth forthποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bringeth forth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.bringeth forthτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.σαπρὸνsapronrottenσαπρός (sapros)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “rotten”, the subject formG4550rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved.This verse uses “rotten”.δένδρονdendrontreeδένδρονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “tree”, the subject formG1186a tree.καρποὺςkarpousfruitκαρπός (karpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fruit”, the object formG2590(a) fruit, generally vegetable, sometimes animal, (b) met: fruit, deed, action, result, (c) profit, gain.This verse uses “fruit”.fruitπονηροὺςponērousevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.ποιεῖpoieito doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Young’s Literal Translation

so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

World English Bible

Even so , every good tree produces good fruit , but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit .

Darby Translation

So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.

Douay-Rheims

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

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