Romans 5:7
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.
KJV
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
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Commentary
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| μόλις | molis | Rarely | G3433 → |
| γὰρ | gar | indeed | G1063 → |
| ὑπὲρ | huper | for | G5228 → |
| δικαίου | dikaiou | a righteous [man] | G1342 → |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 → |
| ἀποθανεῖται, | apothaneitai | will die, | G599 → |
| ὑπὲρ | huper | on behalf of | G5228 → |
| γὰρ | gar | though | G1063 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| ἀγαθοῦ | agathou | good [man] | G18 → |
| τάχα | tacha | perhaps | G5029 → |
| τις | tis | someone | G5100 → |
| καὶ | kai | even | G2532 → |
| τολμᾷ | tolma | would dare | G5111 → |
| ἀποθανεῖν· | apothanein | to die; | G599 → |
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