King James Version

Romans 4:9

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “that” (ὅτι·) before was credited here.

Ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μακαρισμὸςmakarismosblessednessμακαρισμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “blessedness”, the subject formG3108regarding as happy, blessed, or enviable.blessednessοὖνounthenοὖνconjunction — “then”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “then”.thenοὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.περιτομὴνperitomēncircumcisionπεριτομή (peritomē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “circumcision”, the object formG4061circumcision.the circumcisionἢēonly, orἤconjunction — “only, or”G2228or, than.only, orκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀκροβυστίανakrobustianuncircumcisionἀκροβυστία (akrobustia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “uncircumcision”, the object formG203(a technical word of Jewish use) foreskin, prepuce: used sometimes as a slang term by Jews, of Gentiles.λέγομενlegomenwe sayλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “we say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.we sayγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.Ἐλογίσθηelogisthēwas reckonedλογίζομαι (logizomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was reckoned”, a single actionG3049I reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose.was reckonedτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἀβραὰμabraamto AbrahamἈβραάμnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to Abraham”, the to- or for-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.to Abrahamἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πίστιςpistisfaithπίστιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the subject formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.εἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosunēnrighteousnessδικαιοσύνη (dikaiosunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “righteousness”, the object formG1343(usually if not always in a Jewish atmosphere), justice, justness, righteousness, righteousness of which God is the source or author, but practically: a divine righteousness.This verse uses “righteousness”.righteousness

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

[Is] this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision — for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham — to righteousness?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.

Young’s Literal Translation

[Is] this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision — for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham — to righteousness?

World English Bible

Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

Darby Translation

[Does] this blessedness then [rest] on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say that faith has been reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

Douay-Rheims

This blessedness then, doth it remain in the circumcision only, or in the uncircumcision also? For we say that unto Abraham faith was reputed to justice.

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