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Romans 13:9

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “yourself” (σεαυτόν.) after as here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “not will you bear false witness” (οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις,) before Not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “himself” (ἑαυτόν) after as here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γάρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.ForΟὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notμοιχεύσειςmoicheuseiscommit adulteryμοιχεύω (moicheuō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “commit adultery”, an action still aheadG3431I commit adultery (of a man with a married woman, but also of a married man).commit adulteryΟὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notφονεύσειςphoneuseiskillφονεύω (phoneuō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “kill”, an action still aheadG5407I murder, kill.killΟὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notκλέψειςklepseisstealκλέπτω (kleptō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “steal”, an action still aheadG2813I steal.stealΟὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐπιθυμήσειςepithumēseisThou shaltἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “Thou shalt”, an action still aheadG1937I long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon.Thou shaltκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἴeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἑτέραheteraotherἕτερος (heteros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “other”, the subject formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.otherἐντολήentolēcommandmentἐντολήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the subject formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.commandmentἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγῳlogōsayingλόγος (logos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “saying”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.sayingτούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἀνακεφαλαιοῦταιanakephalaioutaito summariseἀνακεφαλαιόω (anakephalaioō)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to summarise”, an ongoing or repeated actionG346I sum up, summarize, recapitulate, gather up in one.ἐνennamelyἐνpreposition — “namely”G1722in, on, among.namelyτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἈγαπήσειςagapēseisThou shalt loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “Thou shalt love”, an action still aheadG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.Thou shalt loveτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πλησίονplēsionneighbourπλησίονadverb — “neighbour”G4139near, nearby, a neighbor.neighbourσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asσεαυτόνseautonyourselfσεαυτοῦ (seautoû)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “yourself”, the object formG4572Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyself

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

οὐounotοὐnegative particle — “not”G3756no, not.ψευδομαρτυρήσειςpseudomarturēseisThou shaltψευδομαρτυρέω (pseudomartureō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “Thou shalt”, an action still aheadG5576I testify falsely, bear false witness.ἑαυτόνheautonthyselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular, masculine — “thyself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Darby Translation

For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Douay-Rheims

For Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness: Thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Quotes

Deuteronomy 5:17 Deuteronomy 5:17 · King James VersionThou shalt not kill.Deuteronomy 5:17 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:13 Exodus 20:13 · King James VersionThou shalt not kill.Exodus 20:13 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:14 Exodus 20:14 · King James VersionThou shalt not commit adultery.Exodus 20:14 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:16 Exodus 20:16 · King James VersionThou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.Exodus 20:16 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Alludes to

Exodus 20:17 Exodus 20:17 · King James VersionThou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.Exodus 20:17 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.