Verse 16

{ "verseID": "James.4.16", "source": "Νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν: πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.", "text": "Now *de* you *kauchasthe* in the *alazoneiais* of you: all *kauchēsis* such *ponēra estin*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "conjunction - but/and/now", "*kauchasthe*": "present middle/passive indicative, 2nd plural - boast/exult", "*alazoneiais*": "dative, feminine, plural - arrogance/pretensions", "*kauchēsis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - boasting/exulting", "*ponēra*": "nominative, feminine, singular - evil/wicked", "*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - is" }, "variants": { "*de*": "but/and/now", "*kauchasthe*": "boast/exult/pride yourselves", "*alazoneiais*": "arrogance/pretensions/bragging", "*kauchēsis*": "boasting/exulting/glorying", "*ponēra*": "evil/wicked/harmful", "*estin*": "is/exists" } }

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  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.5.6", "source": "Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;", "text": "Not *kalon* the *kauchēma* of you. Not *oidate* that *mikra zymē* whole the *phyrama zymoi*?", "grammar": { "*kalon*": "nominative, neuter, singular - good/proper/fitting", "*kauchēma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - boasting/ground for boasting", "*oidate*": "perfect active, 2nd plural - you know", "*mikra*": "nominative, feminine, singular - small/little", "*zymē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - leaven/yeast", "*phyrama*": "accusative, neuter, singular - lump/mass/batch (of dough)", "*zymoi*": "present active, 3rd singular - leavens/ferments" }, "variants": { "*kalon*": "good/proper/fitting/appropriate", "*kauchēma*": "boasting/ground for boasting/reason for pride", "*mikra zymē*": "small amount of leaven/little yeast", "*phyrama*": "lump/mass/batch of dough", "*zymoi*": "leavens/permeates/affects" } }
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 { "verseID": "James.3.14", "source": "Εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε, καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας.", "text": "If *de* *zēlon* *pikron* you *echete* and *eritheian* in the *kardia* of you, *mē* *katakauchāsthe*, and *pseudesthe* against the *alētheias*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*zēlon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - jealousy/zeal", "*pikron*": "accusative, masculine, singular - bitter", "*echete*": "present indicative, active, 2nd plural - you have", "*eritheian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - selfish ambition/rivalry", "*kardia*": "dative, feminine, singular - heart", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*katakauchāsthe*": "present imperative, middle, 2nd plural - boast/glory", "*pseudesthe*": "present imperative, middle, 2nd plural - lie/speak falsely", "*alētheias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - truth" }, "variants": { "*zēlon*": "jealousy/zeal/envy", "*pikron*": "bitter/harsh", "*eritheian*": "selfish ambition/rivalry/strife", "*kardia*": "heart/mind/inner self", "*katakauchāsthe*": "boast/glory/pride yourselves", "*pseudesthe*": "lie/speak falsely/deceive", "*alētheias*": "truth/reality" } }
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Isaiah.47.10", "source": "וַתִּבְטְחִ֣י בְרָעָתֵ֗ךְ אָמַרְתְּ֙ אֵ֣ין רֹאָ֔נִי חָכְמָתֵ֥ךְ וְדַעְתֵּ֖ךְ הִ֣יא שׁוֹבְבָ֑תֶךְ וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י בְלִבֵּ֔ךְ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֥י עֽוֹד׃", "text": "And-*wattiḇṭəḥî* in-*ḇərāʿāṯēḵ* *ʾāmart* *ʾên* *rōʾānî* *ḥāḵmāṯēḵ* and-*ḏaʿtēḵ* *hîʾ* *šôḇəḇāṯeḵ* and-*wattōʾmərî* in-*ḇəlibbēḵ* *ʾănî* and-*ʾap̄sî* *ʿôḏ*.", "grammar": { "*wattiḇṭəḥî*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - and you trusted", "*ḇərāʿāṯēḵ*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your wickedness/evil", "*ʾāmart*": "qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you said", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*rōʾānî*": "qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - seeing me", "*ḥāḵmāṯēḵ*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your wisdom", "*ḏaʿtēḵ*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your knowledge", "*hîʾ*": "3rd person feminine singular personal pronoun - she/it", "*šôḇəḇāṯeḵ*": "polel participle, feminine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - leading you astray", "*wattōʾmərî*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - and you said", "*ḇəlibbēḵ*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your heart", "*ʾănî*": "1st person singular personal pronoun - I", "*ʾap̄sî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my end/no one besides me", "*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - still/yet/besides" }, "variants": { "*ḇərāʿāṯēḵ*": "in your wickedness/in your evil/in your wrongdoing", "*rōʾānî*": "seeing me/one who sees me", "*ḥāḵmāṯēḵ*": "your wisdom/your skill", "*ḏaʿtēḵ*": "your knowledge/your understanding", "*šôḇəḇāṯeḵ*": "leading you astray/perverting you/causing you to turn away", "*ḇəlibbēḵ*": "in your heart/in your mind", "*ʾap̄sî*": "my end/no one besides me/I am the only one" } }
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Psalms.52.1", "source": "לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃", "text": "To the *měnaṣṣēaḥ*, a *maśkîl* of *Dāwid*.", "grammar": { "*lǎ-*": "preposition 'to/for' with definite article", "*měnaṣṣēaḥ*": "participle, masculine singular, Piel form - director/choirmaster/chief musician", "*maśkîl*": "noun, masculine singular - skillful composition/contemplative poem/instruction", "*lě-*": "preposition 'to/for/of'", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun - David" }, "variants": { "*měnaṣṣēaḥ*": "choirmaster/chief musician/conductor/victor", "*maśkîl*": "contemplative poem/skillful composition/instruction/didactic psalm" } }
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.52.7", "source": "גַּם־אֵל֮ יִתָּצְךָ֢ לָ֫נֶ֥צַח יַחְתְּךָ֣ וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ מֵאֶ֖רֶץ חַיִּ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "Also-*ʾēl* shall *yittāṣěkā* to-the-*neṣaḥ*; he shall *yaḥtěkā* and *yissāḥăkā* from-*ʾōhel*, and *šērešěkā* from-*ʾereṣ* *ḥayyîm*. *Selâ*.", "grammar": { "*gam-*": "particle 'also/even'", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God/deity", "*yittāṣěkā*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will tear you down", "*lā-*": "preposition 'to/for' with definite article", "*neṣaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - eternity/forever", "*yaḥtěkā*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will snatch/seize you", "*wě-*": "conjunction 'and'", "*yissāḥăkā*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will tear you away/uproot you", "*mē-*": "preposition 'from'", "*ʾōhel*": "noun, masculine singular - tent/dwelling", "*wě-*": "conjunction 'and'", "*šērešěkā*": "verb + 2nd masculine singular suffix - root you out", "*mē-*": "preposition 'from'", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular, construct - land of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - living/life", "*Selâ*": "musical notation/pause" }, "variants": { "*ʾēl*": "God/Mighty One/deity", "*yittāṣěkā*": "break you down/tear you down/demolish you", "*neṣaḥ*": "eternity/perpetuity/forever", "*yaḥtěkā*": "snatch you/seize you/take you away", "*yissāḥăkā*": "uproot you/tear you away/pluck you", "*ʾōhel*": "tent/dwelling/habitation", "*šērešěkā*": "root you out/uproot you", "*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/ground", "*ḥayyîm*": "life/living/alive", "*Selâ*": "musical interlude/pause/lift up (meaning uncertain)" } }
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Proverbs.25.14", "source": "נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭רוּחַ וְגֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃", "text": "*nĕśîʾîm* and-*rûaḥ* and-*gešem* *ʾāyin* *ʾîš* *mithallēl* in-*mattat*-*šāqer*", "grammar": { "*nĕśîʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural - clouds", "*wĕ*": "conjunction - and", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - wind", "*wĕ*": "conjunction - and", "*gešem*": "noun, masculine singular - rain", "*ʾāyin*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*mithallēl*": "hithpael participle, masculine singular - boasting", "*bĕ*": "preposition - in", "*mattat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - gift of", "*šāqer*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood" }, "variants": { "*nĕśîʾîm*": "clouds/vapor", "*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit", "*gešem*": "rain/shower", "*ʾîš*": "man/person/one", "*mithallēl*": "boasting/praising himself/glorying", "*mattat*": "gift/present/donation", "*šāqer*": "falsehood/deception/lie" } }
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Proverbs.27.1", "source": "אַֽל־תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל בְּי֣וֹם מָחָ֑ר כִּ֤י לֹא־תֵ֝דַ֗ע מַה־יֵּ֥לֶד יֽוֹם׃", "text": "*ʾal*-*tithallēl* in-*yōm māḥār kî lōʾ*-*tēdaʿ mah*-*yēled yōm*", "grammar": { "*ʾal*": "negative particle - do not", "*tithallēl*": "hithpael imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - boast yourself", "*yōm*": "masculine singular construct - day of", "*māḥār*": "adverb - tomorrow", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tēdaʿ*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you know", "*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what", "*yēled*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will bring forth/beget", "*yōm*": "masculine singular - day" }, "variants": { "*tithallēl*": "boast yourself/praise yourself/glory", "*māḥār*": "tomorrow/in the future", "*tēdaʿ*": "know/understand/perceive", "*yēled*": "will bring forth/will beget/will birth" } }
  • Isa 47:7-8 : 7 { "verseID": "Isaiah.47.7", "source": "וַתֹּ֣אמְרִ֔י לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֶהְיֶ֣ה גְבָ֑רֶת עַ֣ד לֹא־שַׂ֥מְתְּ אֵ֙לֶּה֙ עַל־לִבֵּ֔ךְ לֹ֥א זָכַ֖רְתְּ אַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ ס", "text": "And-*wattōʾmərî* to-*ʿôlām* *ʾehyeh* *ḡəḇāreṯ* until not-*śamt* *ʾēlleh* upon-*libbēḵ* not *zāḵart* *ʾaḥărîṯāh*.", "grammar": { "*wattōʾmərî*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - and you said", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - forever/eternity", "*ʾehyeh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be", "*ḡəḇāreṯ*": "feminine singular noun - mistress/lady", "*śamt*": "qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you placed/set", "*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - these things", "*libbēḵ*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your heart", "*zāḵart*": "qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you remembered", "*ʾaḥărîṯāh*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its end/outcome" }, "variants": { "*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternity/perpetuity", "*ḡəḇāreṯ*": "mistress/lady/queen", "*libbēḵ*": "your heart/your mind", "*ʾaḥărîṯāh*": "its end/its outcome/its future" } } 8 { "verseID": "Isaiah.47.8", "source": "וְעַתָּ֞ה שִׁמְעִי־זֹ֤את עֲדִינָה֙ הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָבֶ֔טַח הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ בִּלְבָ֔בָהּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד לֹ֤א אֵשֵׁב֙ אַלְמָנָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אֵדַ֖ע שְׁכֽוֹל׃", "text": "And-now *šimʿî*-*zōʾṯ* *ʿăḏînâ* the-*hayyôšeḇeṯ* *lāḇeṭaḥ* the-*hāʾōmərâ* in-*bilḇāḇāh* *ʾănî* and-*ʾap̄sî* *ʿôḏ* not *ʾēšēḇ* *ʾalmānâ* and-not *ʾēḏaʿ* *šəḵôl*.", "grammar": { "*šimʿî*": "qal imperative, feminine singular - hear/listen", "*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*ʿăḏînâ*": "feminine singular adjective - voluptuous/luxurious", "*hayyôšeḇeṯ*": "qal participle, feminine singular with definite article - the one dwelling/sitting", "*lāḇeṭaḥ*": "prepositional phrase - in security/safely", "*hāʾōmərâ*": "qal participle, feminine singular with definite article - the one saying", "*bilḇāḇāh*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her heart", "*ʾănî*": "1st person singular personal pronoun - I", "*ʾap̄sî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my end/no one besides me", "*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - still/yet/besides", "*ʾēšēḇ*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will sit/dwell/remain", "*ʾalmānâ*": "feminine singular noun - widow", "*ʾēḏaʿ*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will know/experience", "*šəḵôl*": "masculine singular noun - bereavement/loss of children" }, "variants": { "*ʿăḏînâ*": "voluptuous/luxurious/delicate/pleasure-loving", "*lāḇeṭaḥ*": "in security/safely/confidently", "*bilḇāḇāh*": "in her heart/in her mind", "*ʾap̄sî*": "my end/no one besides me/I am the only one", "*ʾalmānâ*": "widow/widowhood", "*šəḵôl*": "bereavement/loss of children/childlessness" } }
  • 1 Cor 4:7-8 : 7 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.4.7", "source": "Τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες, τί καυχᾶσαι, ὡς μὴ λαβών;", "text": "*Tis gar se diakrinei*? *ti de echeis ho ouk elabes*? *ei de kai elabes*, *ti kauchasai*, as *mē labōn*?", "grammar": { "*Tis*": "interrogative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who?", "*gar*": "conjunction - for", "*se*": "accusative, 2nd singular - you", "*diakrinei*": "present indicative, 3rd singular, active - distinguishes/makes different", "*ti*": "interrogative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - what?", "*de*": "conjunction - and/but", "*echeis*": "present indicative, 2nd singular, active - you have", "*ho*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - which", "*ouk*": "negative particle - not", "*elabes*": "aorist indicative, 2nd singular, active - you received", "*ei de kai*": "conjunction phrase - but if indeed/and if", "*kauchasai*": "present indicative, 2nd singular, middle - you boast", "*mē labōn*": "negative particle + aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - not having received" }, "variants": { "*diakrinei*": "distinguishes/differentiates/sets apart/judges between", "*echeis*": "have/possess/hold", "*elabes*": "received/got/obtained", "*kauchasai*": "boast/glory/take pride" } } 8 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.4.8", "source": "Ἤδη κεκορεσμένοι ἐστέ, ἤδη ἐπλουτήσατε, χωρὶς ἡμῶν ἐβασιλεύσατε: καὶ ὄφελόν γε ἐβασιλεύσατε, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν συμβασιλεύσωμεν.", "text": "*Ēdē kekoresmendi este*, *ēdē eploutēsate*, without us *ebasileusate*: and *ophelon ge ebasileusate*, *hina* also we with you *symbasileusōmen*.", "grammar": { "*Ēdē*": "adverb - already/now", "*kekoresmendi*": "perfect participle, nominative, masculine, plural, passive - having been filled/satisfied", "*este*": "present indicative, 2nd plural - you are", "*eploutēsate*": "aorist indicative, 2nd plural, active - you became rich", "*chōris hēmōn*": "preposition + genitive, 1st plural - without us/apart from us", "*ebasileusate*": "aorist indicative, 2nd plural, active - you reigned/ruled", "*ophelon*": "particle - would that/I wish", "*ge*": "particle - indeed/at least", "*hina*": "conjunction - in order that/so that", "*kai*": "adverb - also", "*hēmeis*": "nominative, 1st plural - we", "*hymin*": "dative, 2nd plural - with you", "*symbasileusōmen*": "aorist subjunctive, 1st plural, active - we might reign with/rule together" }, "variants": { "*kekoresmendi*": "filled/satisfied/satiated", "*eploutēsate*": "became rich/wealthy/enriched", "*ebasileusate*": "reigned/ruled/became kings", "*ophelon*": "would that/I wish/if only", "*symbasileusōmen*": "might reign with/rule together" } }
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Revelation.18.7", "source": "Ὅσα ἐδόξασεν ἑαυτὴν, καὶ ἐστρηνίασεν, τοσοῦτον δότε αὐτῇ βασανισμὸν καὶ πένθος: ὅτι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς λέγει, Κάθημαι βασίλισσα, καὶ χήρα οὐκ εἰμί, καὶ πένθος οὐ μὴ ἴδω.", "text": "As much as she *edoxasen* *heautēn*, and *estrēniasen*, so much *dote* to her *basanismon* and *penthos*: because in the *kardia* of her *legei*, I *kathēmai* *basilissa*, and *chēra* not *eimi*, and *penthos* not not *idō*.", "grammar": { "*hosa*": "correlative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - as much as", "*edoxasen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - glorified/exalted", "*heautēn*": "reflexive pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - herself", "*estrēniasen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - lived luxuriously/sensually", "*tosouton*": "correlative pronoun, accusative, masculine/neuter, singular - so much", "*dote*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - give", "*autē*": "personal pronoun, dative, feminine, singular - to her", "*basanismon*": "noun, accusative, masculine, singular - torment/torture", "*penthos*": "noun, accusative, neuter, singular - grief/mourning", "*hoti*": "conjunction - because/for", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*tē kardia*": "noun, dative, feminine, singular - heart", "*autēs*": "personal pronoun, genitive, feminine, singular - of her", "*legei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says", "*kathēmai*": "present middle indicative, 1st person singular - I sit/am enthroned", "*basilissa*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - queen", "*chēra*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - widow", "*ouk eimi*": "present active indicative, 1st person singular + negative - I am not", "*ou mē*": "emphatic negation - by no means/certainly not", "*idō*": "aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might see/experience" }, "variants": { "*edoxasen*": "glorified/exalted/honored", "*heautēn*": "herself", "*estrēniasen*": "lived luxuriously/sensually/wantonly", "*dote*": "give/grant/bestow", "*basanismon*": "torment/torture/suffering", "*penthos*": "grief/mourning/sorrow", "*kardia*": "heart/mind/inner self", "*legei*": "says/speaks/declares", "*kathēmai*": "sit/am enthroned/am seated as ruler", "*basilissa*": "queen/female ruler", "*chēra*": "widow", "*eimi*": "am/exist", "*idō*": "see/experience/witness" } }