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Romans 9:8

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

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τοῦτ’toutthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἔστινestinThat isεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “That is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.That isοὐouare notοὐadverb — “are not”G3756no, not.are notτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τέκναteknachildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “children”, the subject formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.the childrenτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σαρκὸςsarkosfleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the of-formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.ταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τέκναteknachildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “children”, the subject formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.the childrenτοῦtoutheὁ (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”.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τέκναteknachildτέκνον (teknon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “child”, the subject formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasof the promiseἐπαγγελία (epangelia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the promise”, the of-formG1860a promise.of the promiseλογίζεταιlogizetaiare countedλογίζομαι (logizomai)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “are counted”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3049I reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose.are countedεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forσπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the object formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.the seed

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that is, the children of the flesh — these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

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American Standard Version (1901)

That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

Young’s Literal Translation

that is, the children of the flesh — these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

World English Bible

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.

Darby Translation

That is, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.

Douay-Rheims

That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; buy they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.

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