In Matthew 7 of Matthew .
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
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καὶ kai And καὶ kai And καί conjunction — “And” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. And πᾶς pas every one πᾶς pas every one πᾶς adjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “every one”, the subject form G3956 all, the whole, every kind of. every one ὁ ho the ὁ ho the ὁ article, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject form G3588 the, the definite article. ἀκούων akouōn that heareth ἀκούων akouōn that heareth ἀκούω (akouō) verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “that heareth”, an ongoing or repeated action G191 I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. that heareth μου mou I μου mou I ἐγώ (egṓ) personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-form G1473 I, the first-person pronoun. Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ). of mine τοὺς tous the τοὺς tous the ὁ (ho) article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object form G3588 the, the definite article. λόγους logous word λόγους logous word λόγος (logos) noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “word”, the object form G3056 a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy. τούτους toutous this τούτους toutous this οὗτος (houtos) demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “this”, the object form G3778 this; he, she, it. This verse uses “this”. καὶ kai and καὶ kai and καί conjunction — “and” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. and μὴ mē not μὴ mē not μή adverb — “not” G3361 not, lest. This verse uses “not”. not ποιῶν poiōn to do ποιῶν poiōn to do ποιέω (poieō) verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated action G4160 (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. αὐτοὺς autous his αὐτοὺς autous his αὐτός (autos) personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “his”, the object form G846 he, she, it, they, them, same. his ὁμοιωθήσεται homoiōthēsetai to liken ὁμοιωθήσεται homoiōthēsetai to liken ὁμοιόω (homoioō) verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to liken”, an action still ahead G3666 I make like, liken; I compare. This verse uses “liken”. ἀνδρὶ andri man ἀνδρὶ andri man ἀνήρ (anēr) noun, dative, singular, masculine — “man”, the to- or for-form G435 a male human being; a man, husband. μωρῷ, mōrō foolish μωρῷ mōrō foolish μωρός (mōros) adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “foolish”, the to- or for-form G3474 (a) adj: stupid, foolish, (b) noun: a fool. This verse uses “foolish”. ὅστις hostis who ὅστις hostis who ὅστις relative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject form G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ᾠκοδόμησεν ōkodomēsen to build ᾠκοδόμησεν ōkodomēsen to build οἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō) verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to build”, a single action G3618 I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage. This verse uses “build”. αὐτοῦ autou he αὐτοῦ autou he αὐτός (autos) personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-form G846 he, she, it, they, them, same. τὴν tēn the τὴν tēn the ὁ (ho) article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object form G3588 the, the definite article. οἰκίαν oikian house οἰκίαν oikian house οἰκία (oikia) noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “house”, the object form G3614 a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means. house ἐπὶ epi upon ἐπὶ epi upon ἐπί preposition — “upon” G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at. upon τὴν tēn the τὴν tēn the ὁ (ho) article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object form G3588 the, the definite article. ἄμμον. ammon sand ἄμμον ammon sand ἄμμος (ammos) noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sand”, the object form G285 sand, sandy ground. the sand Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;
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American Standard Version (1901) And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
Young’s Literal Translation 'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;
World English Bible Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’ t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Darby Translation And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
Douay-Rheims And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
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