James 4:15
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
KJV
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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Commentary
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀντὶ | anti | Instead [ought] | G473 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| λέγειν | legein | to say | G3004 → |
| ὑμᾶς· | humas | you; | G4771 → |
| ἐὰν | ean | If | G1437 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| κύριος | kurios | Lord | G2962 → |
| θελήσῃ | thelēsē | shall wish | G2309 → |
| καὶ | kai | both | G2532 → |
| ζήσομεν | zēsomen | we will live | G2198 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ποιήσομεν | poiēsomen | we will do | G4160 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 → |
| ἐκεῖνο. | ekeino | that. | G1565 → |
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