King James Version

Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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ὧνhōnWhoseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “Whose”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.Whoseοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πατέρεςpateresare the fathersπατήρ (patēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “are the fathers”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.are the fathersκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofὧνhōnwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “whom”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whomὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστὸςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.σάρκαsarkafleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the object formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὢνōncame, whoεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “came, who”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.came, whoἐπὶepiis overἐπίpreposition — “is over”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.is overπάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allθεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godεὐλογητὸςeulogētosblessedεὐλογητόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “blessed”, the subject formG2128(used only of God), blessed (as entitled to receive blessing from man), worthy of praise.This verse uses “blessed”.blessedεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶναςaiōnaseverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.everἀμήνamēnAmenἀμήνparticle — “Amen”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “amen”.Amen

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

Translation Note

After τὸ κατὰ σάρκα the Greek continues ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων, θεὸς εὐλογητός. ὢν is a participle, nominative, singular, masculine, “the one who is.” θεός is nominative, singular, masculine. εὐλογητός is an adjective Dodson glosses, used of God, as “blessed (as entitled to receive blessing from man), worthy of praise.”

Ancient copies do not print the modern comma or period that decides where the sentence breaks. The King James Version keeps one sentence: “who is over all, God blessed for ever.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) starts a new sentence at “God, who is over all, be praised forever.” That break is an English decision about punctuation, not a different Greek word.

King James Version. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “To them the forefathers belong, and from them the Christ descended according to the flesh. God, who is over all, be praised forever. Amen.” Watchtower Online Library

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American Standard Version (1901)

whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Young’s Literal Translation

whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

World English Bible

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

Darby Translation

whose [are] the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Douay-Rheims

Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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