Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
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ASV
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
KJV
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
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Commentary
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| μὴ | mē | Never | G3361 → |
| γένοιτο.¶ | genoito | would it be! | G1096 → |
| Γινέσθω | Ginesthō | should it be | G1096 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → |
| ἀληθής, | alēthēs | true, | G227 → |
| πᾶς | pas | every | G3956 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | man | G444 → |
| ψεύστης | pseustēs | a liar | G5583 → |
| καθὼς | kathōs | even as | G2531 → |
| γέγραπται· | gegraptai | it has been written: | G1125 → |
| ὅπως | hopōs | That | G3704 → |
| ἂν | an | then | G302 → |
| δικαιωθῇς | dikaiōthēas | You may be justified | G1344 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τοῖς | tois | the | G3588 → |
| λόγοις | logois | words | G3056 → |
| σου | sou | of You | G4771 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| νικήσεις | nikēseis | will prevail | G3528 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| κρίνεσθαί | krinesthai | judging | G2919 → |
| σε.¶ | se | You. | G4771 → |
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