Romans 3:4⥂
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.
BSB:
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.”
Greek:
μὴ γένοιτο.¶ Γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης καθὼς γέγραπται· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.¶
Topics:
BIGOTRY • BOASTING • GOD • QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
| << Romans 3:3 | Romans 3 | Romans 3:5 >> |
| Translation | Greek | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | μὴ | mē PRT-N | NKO |
| would it be! | γένοιτο.¶ | genoito V-2ADO-3S | NKO |
| should it be | Γινέσθω 1 | Ginesthō V-PNM-3S | NKO |
| however | δὲ | de CONJ | NKO |
| <the> | ὁ | ho T-NSM | NKO |
| God | θεὸς | theos N-NSM-T | NKO |
| true, | ἀληθής, | alēthēs A-NSM | NKO |
| every | πᾶς | pas A-NSM | NKO |
| now | δὲ | de CONJ | NKO |
| man | ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos N-NSM | NKO |
| a liar | ψεύστης | pseustēs N-NSM | NKO |
| even as 2 | καθὼς | kathōs CONJ | NK(o) |
| it has been written: | γέγραπται· | gegraptai V-RPI-3S | NKO |
| That | ὅπως | hopōs CONJ | NKO |
| then | ἂν | an PRT | NKO |
| You may be justified | δικαιωθῇς | dikaiōthēas V-APS-2S | NKO |
| in | ἐν | en PREP | NKO |
| the | τοῖς | tois T-DPM | NKO |
| words | λόγοις | logois N-DPM | NKO |
| of You | σου | sou P-2GS | NKO |
| and | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| will prevail 3 | νικήσεις | nikēseis V-FAI-2S | N(k)O |
| in | ἐν | en PREP | NKO |
| <the> | τῷ | tō T-DSN | NKO |
| judging | κρίνεσθαί | krinesthai V-PPN | NKO |
| You. | σε.¶ | se P-2AS | NKO |
| << Romans 3:3 | Romans 3 | Romans 3:5 >> |