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Romans 8:20 Interlinear

“ For to vanity the creature of him who hath subjected not willingly but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope”

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Romans 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	τῇ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
2	γὰρ	G1063	For	properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
3	ματαιότητι	G3153	to vanity	inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity
4	ἡ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
5	κτίσις	G2937	the creature	original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
6	ὑποτάξαντα	G5293	of him who hath subjected	to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
7	οὐχ	G3756	not	the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not
8	ἑκοῦσα	G1635	willingly	voluntary
9	ἀλλὰ	G235	but	properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
10	διὰ	G1223	by reason	through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
11	τὸν	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
12	ὑποτάξαντα	G5293	of him who hath subjected	to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
13	ἐπ'	G1909	the same in	properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
14	ἑλπίδι	G1680	hope	expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence

Romans 8:20 (current) For to vanity the creature of him who hath subjected not willingly but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope