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Genesis 39:9

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

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ASV

he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

KJV

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵינֶ֨נּוּ'ei.Ne.nunot [is] heH369 →
גָד֜וֹלga.DolgreatH1419 →
בַּבַּ֣יִתba.Ba.yitin the householdH1004 →
הַזֶּה֮ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
מִמֶּנִּי֒mi.me.Nimore than meH4480 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
חָשַׂ֤ךְcha.Sakhhe has withheldH2820 →
מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙mi.Me.nifrom meH4480 →
מְא֔וּמָהme.'U.mahanythingH3972 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
אִם־'im-exceptH518 →
אוֹתָ֖ךְ'o.Takh<obj.> youH853 →
בַּאֲשֶׁ֣רba.'a.Sherin thatH834 →
אַתְּ־'at-youH859 →
אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ'ish.To[are] wife hisH802 →
וְאֵ֨יךְve.'Eikhand how?H349 →
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֜ה'e.'e.Sehwill I doH6213 →
הָרָעָ֤הha.ra.'Ahthe evilH7451 →
הַגְּדֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.Lah<the> greatH1419 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
וְחָטָ֖אתִיve.cha.Ta.tiand I will sinH2398 →
לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃Le.lo.Himto GodH430 →

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2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.Genesis 20:6Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.Luke 12:48But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.Galatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.Romans 6:2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.Leviticus 6:2“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighborJeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’1 Corinthians 4:2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.Job 31:9–12If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,1 Corinthians 6:9–10Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Jeremiah 28:16Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

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