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Romans 2:12

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

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Ὅσοιhosoias many asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “as many as”, the subject formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.as many asγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἀνόμωςanomōswithout lawἀνόμωςadverb — “without law”G460without law, lawlessly.without lawἥμαρτονhēmartonhave sinnedἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have sinned”, a single actionG264originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.have sinnedἀνόμωςanomōswithout lawἀνόμωςadverb — “without law”G460without law, lawlessly.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀπολοῦνταιapolountaito destroyἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to destroy”, an action still aheadG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).This verse uses “destroy”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὅσοιhosoijust asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “just as”, the subject formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inνόμῳnomōlawνόμος (nomos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “law”, the to- or for-formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.the lawἥμαρτονhēmartonto sinἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to sin”, a single actionG264originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byνόμουnomoulawνόμος (nomos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “law”, the of-formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.the lawκριθήσονταιkrithēsontaito judgeκρίνω (krinō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to judge”, an action still aheadG2919(a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) I decide, I think (it) good.This verse uses “judge”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

Young’s Literal Translation

for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

World English Bible

For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

Darby Translation

For as many as have sinned without law shall perish also without law; and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law,

Douay-Rheims

For whosoever have sinned without the law, shall perish without the law; and whosoever have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law.

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