Matthew 18:6
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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ASV
but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.
KJV
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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29 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὃς | hos | Who[ever] | G3739 → |
| δ᾽ | d᾽ | then | G1161 → |
| ἂν | an | maybe | G302 → |
| σκανδαλίσῃ | skandalisē | may cause to stumble | G4624 → |
| ἕνα | hena | one | G1520 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| μικρῶν | mikrōn | little ones | G3398 → |
| τούτων | toutōn | of these | G3778 → |
| τῶν | tōn | who | G3588 → |
| πιστευόντων | pisteuontōn | are believing | G4100 → |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → |
| ἐμέ, | eme | Me myself, | G1473 → |
| συμφέρει | sumpherei | it is better | G4851 → |
| αὐτῷ | autō | for him | G846 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| κρεμασθῇ | kremasthēa | may be hung | G2910 → |
| μύλος | mulos | a millstone | G3458 → |
| ὀνικὸς | onikos | heavy | G3684 → |
| περὶ | peri | around | G4012 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| τράχηλον | trachēlon | neck | G5137 → |
| αὐτοῦ, | autou | of him, | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| καταποντισθῇ | katapontisthēa | he may be sunk | G2670 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | the | G3588 → |
| πελάγει | pelagei | depth | G3989 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| θαλάσσης.¶ | thalassēs | sea. | G2281 → |
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