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Romans 5:7

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

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μόλιςmolisscarcelyμόλιςadverb — “scarcely”G3433with difficulty, hardly, scarcely.scarcelyγὰρgaryetγάρconjunction — “yet”G1063for.yetὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forδικαίουdikaioujustδίκαιος (dikaios)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “just”, the of-formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).This verse uses “just”.τιςtissomeτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “some”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.someἀποθανεῖταιapothaneitaito dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to die”, an action still aheadG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.to dieὑπὲρhuperaboveὑπέρpreposition — “above”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.This verse uses “above”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθοῦagathougood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “good-doer”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.τάχαtachaperhapsτάχαadverb — “perhaps”G5029quickly, presently, perhaps.This verse uses “perhaps”.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τολμᾷtolmabe boldτολμάω (tolmaō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “be bold”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5111I dare, endure, am bold, have courage, make up the mind.ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.

Young’s Literal Translation

for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

World English Bible

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.

Darby Translation

For scarcely for [the] just [man] will one die, for perhaps for [the] good [man] some one might also dare to die;

Douay-Rheims

For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.

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