οὐoucannotοὐadverb — “cannot”G3756no, not.cannotδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.δένδρονdendrontreeδένδρονnoun, 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”.fruitπονηροὺςponērousevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.ποιεῖνpoieinto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active infinitive — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.οὐδὲoudeand notοὐδέconjunction — “and not”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.δένδρονdendrontreeδένδρονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “tree”, the subject formG1186a tree.σαπρὸνsapronrottenσαπρός (sapros)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “rotten”, the subject formG4550rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved.This verse uses “rotten”.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”.καλοὺςkalousgoodκαλός (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”.ποιεῖνpoieinto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active infinitive — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.
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American Standard Version (1901)
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Young’s Literal Translation
A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.
World English Bible
A good tree can ’t produce evil fruit , neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit .
Darby Translation
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
Douay-Rheims
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
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