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Brothers, I am speaking according to man. No one sets aside or adds thereto a covenant even of man, having been ratified.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
Brothers, A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. N-VMP H80 Ἀδελφοί adelphoi
Analysis:

 
I am speaking (denoting speech in progress), (a) to say, speak; to mean, mention, tell, (b) to call, name, especially in the pass., (c) to tell, command. V-PIA-1S H3004 λέγω legō
according to Genitive: against, down from, throughout, by; accusative: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of. Prep H2596 κατὰ kata
man. A man, one of the human race. N-GMS H444 ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon
of man, A man, one of the human race. N-GMS H444 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou
even Yet, nevertheless, even. Conj H3676 ὅμως omōs
a covenant (a) a covenant between two parties, (b) (the ordinary, everyday sense [found a countless number of times in papyri]) a will, testament. N-AFS H1242 διαθήκην diathēkēn
having been ratified. To ratify, confirm, make valid, reaffirm, assure. V-RPM/P-AFS H2964 κεκυρωμένην kekurōmenēn
No one No one, none, nothing. Adj-NMS H3762 οὐδεὶς oudeis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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sets aside To annul, make of no effect, set aside, ignore, slight; to break faith with. V-PIA-3S H114 ἀθετεῖ athetei
or Or, than. Conj H2228 ἢ ē
adds thereto To make an additional testamentary disposition, to furnish with additions. V-PIM/P-3S H1928 ἐπιδιατάσσεται epidiatassetai

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Berean Bible Brothers, I am speaking according to man. No one sets aside or adds thereto a covenant even of man, having been ratified.
King James Bible Brothers, Brethren, I am speaking according to man. No one sets aside speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or adds thereto a covenant even of man, having been ratified.addeth thereto.
Hebrew Greek English Brothers, Brethren, I am speaking according to man. No speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds thereto a covenant even of man, having been ratified.conditions to it.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Brothers, Brethren, I am speaking according to man. No speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds thereto a covenant even of man, having been ratified.conditions to it.