John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
BSB
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ASV
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
KJV
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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47 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | You yourselves | G4771 → |
| ἐκ | ek | of | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| πατρὸς | patros | father | G3962 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| διαβόλου | diabolou | devil | G1228 → |
| ἐστὲ | este | are | G1510 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| ἐπιθυμίας | epithumias | desires | G1939 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| πατρὸς | patros | father | G3962 → |
| ὑμῶν | humōn | of you | G4771 → |
| θέλετε | thelete | you desire | G2309 → |
| ποιεῖν. | poiein | to do. | G4160 → |
| ἐκεῖνος | ekeinos | He | G1565 → |
| ἀνθρωποκτόνος | anthrōpoktonos | a murderer | G443 → |
| ἦν | ēn | was | G1510 → |
| ἀπ᾽ | ap᾽ | from | G575 → |
| ἀρχῆς | archēs | [the] beginning | G746 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| ἀληθείᾳ | alētheia | truth | G225 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἔστηκεν, | estēken | it has stood, | G2476 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἔστιν | estin | there is | G1510 → |
| ἀλήθεια | alētheia | truth | G225 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| αὐτῷ. | autō | him. | G846 → |
| ὅταν | hotan | Whenever | G3752 → |
| λαλῇ | lalēa | he may speak | G2980 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| ψεῦδος, | pseudos | falsehood, | G5579 → |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 → |
| τῶν | tōn | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἰδίων | idiōn | [his] own | G2398 → |
| λαλεῖ, | lalei | he speaks, | G2980 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | for | G3754 → |
| ψεύστης | pseustēs | a liar | G5583 → |
| ἐστὶν | estin | he is | G1510 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| πατὴρ | patēr | father | G3962 → |
| αὐτοῦ. | autou | of it. | G846 → |
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