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θέλοντες εἶναιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. νομοδιδάσκαλοι, μὴ νοοῦντες μήτε ἃ λέγουσιν μήτε περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται. |
| ESV |
desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
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| NIV |
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
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| NLT |
They want to be known as teachers of the law of Moses, but they don't know what they are talking about, even though they speak so confidently.
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| KJV |
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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