James 1:23
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
KJV
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → |
| εἴ | ei | if | G1487 → |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 → |
| ἀκροατὴς | akroatēs | a hearer | G202 → |
| λόγου | logou | of [the] word | G3056 → |
| ἐστὶν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| ποιητής, | poiētēs | a doer, | G4163 → |
| οὗτος | houtos | this one | G3778 → |
| ἔοικεν | eoiken | has been likened | G1503 → |
| ἀνδρὶ | andri | to a man | G435 → |
| κατανοοῦντι | katanoounti | looking | G2657 → |
| τὸ | to | at the | G3588 → |
| πρόσωπον | prosōpon | face | G4383 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| γενέσεως | geneseōs | natural | G1078 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ἐσόπτρῳ· | esoptrō | a mirror; | G2072 → |
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