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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
Woe alas! woe! (an expression of grief or denunciation) I H3759 Οὐαὶ ouai (oo-ah'-ee)
scribes a writer, scribe N-VMP H1122 γραμματεῖς grammateus (gram-mat-yooce')
Pharisees, a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect N-VMP H5330 Φαρισαῖοι Pharisaios (far-is-ah'-yos)
hypocrites! one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite N-VMP H5273 ὑποκριταί hupokrites (hoop-ok-ree-tace')
for that, because Conj H3754 ὅτι hoti (hot'-ee)
ye compass to lead around, to go about V-PIA-2P H4013 περιάγετε periago (per-ee-ag'-o)
sea the sea N-AFS H2281 θάλασσαν thalassa (thal'-as-sah)
land dry Adj-AFS H3584 ξηρὰν xeros (xay-ros')
ye make to make, do V-PIA-2P H4160 ποιῆσαι poieo (poy-eh'-o)
one one Adj-AMS H1520 ἕνα heis (hice)
proselyte, one who has arrived (at Judaism), a proselyte N-AMS H4339 προσήλυτον proselutos (pros-ay'-loo-tos)
when whenever Conj H3752 ὅταν hotan (hot'-an)
he is made, to come into being, to happen, to become V-ASM-3S H1096 γένηται ginomai (ghin'-om-ahee)
to make to make, do V-PIA-2P H4160 ποιεῖτε poieo (poy-eh'-o)
twofold more twofold, double Adj-AMS-C H1362 διπλότερον diplous (dip-looce')
the child a son N-AMS H5207 υἱὸν huios (hwee-os')
of hell Gehenna, a valley W. and South of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly N-GFS H1067 γεέννης geena (gheh'-en-nah)

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King James Bible Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Berean Bible Woe unto to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass For you traverse the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, convert, and when he is made, ye whenever it may happen, you make him twofold more the child a son of hell Gehenna than yourselves.
Hebrew Greek English Woe unto "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte, proselyte; and when he is made, ye becomes one, you make him twofold more the child twice as much a son of hell than as yourselves.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Woe unto "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte, proselyte; and when he is made, ye becomes one, you make him twofold more the child twice as much a son of hell than as yourselves.