Galatians 4:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγετέ μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;

Transliteration

Legete to me, those hypo nomon thelontes einai, the nomon not you akouete?

Grammar Details

• *legete*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - tell/say
• *hypo*: preposition with accusative - under
• *nomon*: accusative, masculine, singular - law
• *thelontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - desiring/wishing
• *einai*: present active infinitive - to be
• *akouete*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you hear/listen to

Word Meanings

• *legete*: tell/say/speak
• *thelontes*: desiring/wishing/wanting
• *einai*: to be/exist
• *akouete*: you hear/listen to/understand

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Tell{G3004} me,{G3427} ye that{G3588} desire{G2309} to be{G1511} under{G5259} the law,{G3551} do ye{G191} not{G3756} hear{G191} the law?{G3551}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Tell{G3004}{(G5720)} me{G3427}, ye that desire{G2309}{(G5723)} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} under{G5259} the law{G3551}, do ye{G191} not{G3756} hear{G191}{(G5719)} the law{G3551}?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Tell me ye that desyre to be vnder the lawe have ye not hearde of the lawe?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe, haue ye not herde the lawe?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Tell me, ye that desire to be vnder the lawe, do ye not heare the lawe?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 21:42-44 : 42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush him to powder.
• Matt 22:29-32 : 29 Jesus answered them, 'You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.' 31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.'
• John 5:46-47 : 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?
• John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your Law: "I have said you are gods"?'
• John 12:34 : 34 The crowd answered Him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. So how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"
• John 15:25 : 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
• Rom 7:5-6 : 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
• Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it. 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
• Rom 10:3-9 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 or, “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the message of faith that we proclaim): 9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.
• Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'
• Gal 3:23-24 : 23 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?
• Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.