Genesis
Genesis 4:7
7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you,b but you must master it.”
Footnotes
- b 4:7 Or it desires to control you
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you do what is right | תֵּיטִיב֙ | tê·ṭîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing |
| you not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be accepted | שְׂאֵ֔ת | śə·’êṯ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7613 exaltation, dignity |
| But if | וְאִם֙ | wə·’im | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you refuse to do what is right | תֵיטִ֔יב | ṯê·ṭîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing |
| sin | חַטָּ֣את | ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H2403 offence, penalty, occasion |
| is crouching | רֹבֵ֑ץ | rō·ḇêṣ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7257 stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out |
| at your door | לַפֶּ֖תַח | lap·pe·ṯaḥ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6607 opening, doorway, entrance |
| it desires | תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ | tə·šū·qā·ṯōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H8669 longing |
| you | וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | wə·’ê·le·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Preposition; second person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| but you | וְאַתָּ֖ה | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| must master | תִּמְשָׁל־ | tim·šāl- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H4910 rule, have dominion, reign |
| it | בּֽוֹ׃ | bōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular |
Cross-references
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James 1:15 · Romans 2:6–10 · Isaiah 3:10–11 · Romans 6:16 · Hebrews 11:4 · Numbers 32:23 · Romans 12:1 · Romans 7:8–9 · Proverbs 21:27 · Malachi 1:13 · Ecclesiastes 8:12–13 · Malachi 1:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.