King James Version

Romans 9:11

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “evil” (φαῦλον,) before so that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “evil” (κακόν) before so that here.

μήπωmēpōnot + πω=somehowμήπωadverb — “not + πω=somehow”G3380Strong’s files this form under G4452 (-πω).not yetγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.γεννηθέντωνgennēthentōnbornγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “born”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.bornμηδὲmēdeneitherμηδέconjunction — “neither”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.neitherπραξάντωνpraxantōnhaving doneπράσσω (prassō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “having done”, a single actionG4238I do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require.having doneτιtianyτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “any”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.anyἀγαθὸνagathongoodἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “good”, the object 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.goodἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orφαῦλονphaulonevilφαῦλος (phaulos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the object formG5337worthless, wicked, base.evilἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κατ’kataccordingκατά (kata)preposition — “according”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.accordingἐκλογὴνeklogēnto electionἐκλογή (eklogē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “to election”, the object formG1589a choosing out, selecting, choice (by God).to electionπρόθεσιςprothesispurposeπρόθεσιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “purpose”, the subject formG4286a setting forth, the show-bread; predetermination, purpose.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.μένῃmenēmight standμένω (menō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “might stand”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.might standοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofἔργωνergōnworksἔργον (ergon)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “works”, the of-formG2041work, task, employment; a deed, action; that which is wrought or made, a work.worksἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καλοῦντοςkalountoshim that callethκαλέω (kaleō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “him that calleth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.him that calleth

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

κακόνkakonevilκακός (kakos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the object formG2556bad, evil, in the widest sense.This verse uses “evil”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her —

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American Standard Version (1901)

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

Young’s Literal Translation

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her —

World English Bible

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

Darby Translation

[the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),

Douay-Rheims

For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,)

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