καλὸνkalonIt is goodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “It is good”, the subject 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”.It is goodτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēneitherμήadverb — “neither”G3361not, lest.neitherφαγεῖνphageinto eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).to eatκρέαkreafleshκρέας (kreas)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “flesh”, the object formG2907flesh; plur: pieces of flesh, kinds of flesh.This verse uses “flesh”.fleshμηδὲmēdenorμηδέconjunction — “nor”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.norπιεῖνpieinto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to drink”, a single actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.to drinkοἶνονoinonwineοἶνος (oinos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wine”, the object formG3631wine.wineμηδὲmēdenorμηδέconjunction — “nor”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.norἐνenany thing wherebyἐνpreposition — “any thing whereby”G1722in, on, among.any thing wherebyᾧhōwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφόςadelphosbrotherἀδελφόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brotherσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.προσκόπτειproskopteistumblethπροσκόπτω (proskoptō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “stumbleth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4350I stumble, strike the foot against, beat upon, take offense at.stumblethἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orσκανδαλίζεταιskandalizetaiis offendedσκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “is offended”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4624I cause to stumble, cause to sin, cause to become indignant, shock, offend.is offendedἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἀσθενεῖastheneiis made weakἀσθενέω (astheneō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is made weak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG770I am weak (physically: then morally), I am sick.is made weak
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
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American Standard Version (1901)
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.
Young’s Literal Translation
Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
World English Bible
It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
Darby Translation
[It is] right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor [do anything] in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Douay-Rheims
It is good not to eat flesh, and not to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended, or scandalized, or made weak.
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