KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Whatsoever” | Πᾶν | All, any, every, the whole | Whatsoever |
| “is sold” | πωλούμενον | To barter (as a pedlar), i.e., to sell | sold |
| “in” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | in |
| “the” | τὸ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “shambles,” | μακέλλῳ | A butcher's stall, meat market or provision-shop | shambles |
| “that” | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | ||
| “eat,” | ἐσθίετε | Used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal) | eat |
| “asking question” | ἀνακρίνοντες | Properly, to scrutinize, i.e., (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine | asking question |
| “no” | μηδὲν | Not even one (man, woman, thing) | no |
| “for” | διὰ | Through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) | for |
| “conscience sake:” | συνείδησιν | Co-perception, i.e., moral consciousness | conscience sake |
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23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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