Romans 8:36 KJV

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

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Parallel Passages

  • Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
  • Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
  • Jeremiah 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
  • Psalms 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

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Greek and Strong’s

  • As Καθὼς Kathōs καθώς Conjunction
  • it is written γέγραπται gegraptai γράφω Verb · perfect passive indicative, third person singular ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
  • For thy σοῦ sou Pronoun · second person, genitive singular σοῦ soû
  • sake Ἕνεκά Heneka ἕνεκα Preposition
  • we are killed θανατούμεθα thanatoumetha θανατόω Verb · present passive indicative, first person plural
  • all ὅλην holēn ὅλος Article · accusative feminine singular
  • the day long τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular ἡμέραν hēmeran ἡμέρα Noun · accusative feminine singular
  • we are accounted ἐλογίσθημεν elogisthēmen λογίζομαι Verb · aorist passive indicative, first person plural
  • as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
  • sheep πρόβατα probata πρόβατον Noun · nominative neuter plural
  • for the slaughter σφαγῆς sphagēs σφαγή Noun · genitive feminine singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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