MATTHIEU 12:20
Il ne brisera point le roseau cassé, Et il n’éteindra point le lumignon qui fume, Jusqu’à ce qu’il ait fait triompher la justice.This verse in the real world
In what words
- τύφωtýphōto make a smoke, i.e. slowly consume without flame
- λίνονlínonflax, i.e. (by implication) "linen"
- κατάγνυμιkatágnymito rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart
- σβέννυμιsbénnymito extinguish (literally or figuratively)
- συντρίβωsyntríbōto crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)
- κάλαμοςkálamosa reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen
- κρίσιςkrísisdecision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by impli
- ἐκβάλλωekbállōto eject (literally or figuratively)
+5 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 42:3–4, Ezk 34:16, Isa 61:1–3, Psa 147:3, Luk 4:18, Lam 3:31–34, Heb 12:12–13, Psa 51:17