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Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆν·plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν. |
| ESV |
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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| NIV |
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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| NLT |
“Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
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| KJV |
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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