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Rom. 7:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
h wretched
talaiporos (Greek #5005)
enduring trial, i.e. miserable
KJV usage: wretched.
Pronounce: tal-ah'-ee-po-ros
Origin: from the base of 5007 and a derivative of the base of 3984
man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
that I am
ego (Greek #1473)
a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic)
KJV usage: I, me. For the other cases and the plural see 1691, 1698, 1700, 2248, 2249, 2254, 2257, etc.
Pronounce: eg-o'
! who
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
shall deliver
rhoumai (Greek #4506)
to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e. rescue
KJV usage: deliver(-er).
Pronounce: rhoo'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of an obsolete verb, akin to 4482 (through the idea of a current; compare 4511)
me
me (Greek #3165)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my.
Pronounce: meh
Origin: a shorter (and probably originally) form of 1691
from
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
γthe body
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
soma (Greek #4983)
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bodily, body, slave.
Pronounce: so'-mah
Origin: from 4982
of
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
thanatos (Greek #2288)
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X deadly, (be...) death.
Pronounce: than'-at-os
Origin: from 2348
this
toutou (Greek #5127)
of (from or concerning) this (person or thing)
KJV usage: here(-by), him, it, + such manner of, that, thence(-forth), thereabout, this, thus.
Pronounce: too'-too
Origin: genitive case singular masculine or neuter of 3778
death
thanatos (Greek #2288)
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X deadly, (be...) death.
Pronounce: than'-at-os
Origin: from 2348
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Psa. 38:2,10• 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
 10My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me. (Psa. 38:2,10)
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Psa. 77:3‑9• 3I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
 4Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
 5I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.
 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
 7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
 8Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation?
 9Hath *God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. (Psa. 77:3‑9)
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or, this body of death.
k
Psa. 88:5• 5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand. (Psa. 88:5)

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wretched.
Rom. 8:26• 26And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered. (Rom. 8:26)
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1 Kings 8:38• 38what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house; (1 Kings 8:38)
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Psa. 6:6• 6I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears. (Psa. 6:6)
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Psa. 32:3‑4• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah. (Psa. 32:3‑4)
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Psa. 38:2,8‑10• 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
 8I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.
 9Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
 10My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me. (Psa. 38:2,8‑10)
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Psa. 77:3‑9• 3I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
 4Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
 5I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.
 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
 7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
 8Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation?
 9Hath *God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. (Psa. 77:3‑9)
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Psa. 119:20,81‑83,131• 20My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
 81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
 82Mine eyes fail for thy *word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
 131I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. (Psa. 119:20,81‑83,131)
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Psa. 119:143,176• 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. (Psa. 119:143,176)
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Psa. 130:1‑3• 1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.
 2Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
 3If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand? (Psa. 130:1‑3)
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Ezek. 9:4• 4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)
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Matt. 5:4,6• 4Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.
 6Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for *they* shall be filled. (Matt. 5:4,6)
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2 Cor. 12:7‑9• 7And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.
 8For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.
 9And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me. (2 Cor. 12:7‑9)
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Rev. 21:4• 4And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away. (Rev. 21:4)
who.
Deut. 22:26‑27• 26and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;
 27for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her. (Deut. 22:26‑27)
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Psa. 71:11• 11Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver. (Psa. 71:11)
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Psa. 72:12• 12For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper; (Psa. 72:12)
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Psa. 91:14‑15• 14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. (Psa. 91:14‑15)
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Psa. 102:20• 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; (Psa. 102:20)
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Mic. 7:19• 19He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Mic. 7:19)
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Zech. 9:11‑12• 11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
 12Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee. (Zech. 9:11‑12)
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Luke 4:18• 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)
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2 Cor. 1:8‑10• 8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.
 9But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
 10who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver; (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)
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2 Tim. 4:18• 18The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)
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Titus 2:14• 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:14)
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Heb. 2:15• 15and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage. (Heb. 2:15)
the body of this.
or, this body of.
Rom. 6:6• 6knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with him, that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin. (Rom. 6:6)
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Rom. 8:13• 13for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live: (Rom. 8:13)
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Psa. 88:5• 5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand. (Psa. 88:5)
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Col. 2:11• 11in whom also ye have been circumcised with circumcision not done by hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ; (Col. 2:11)
• It is not forgiveness, but deliverance, sin in the flesh being condemned in the cross. (“Romans 7” by J.N. Darby)
• He does not say, How can I? or, How shall I? but, Who shall deliver me? (“Romans 7” by J.N. Darby)
• “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me?” Verses 14-24, strictly speaking, do not describe one who is a Christian but rather a merely quickened soul struggling in its own strength to keep the law until it gives up in utter despair. (“Help on Hard Verses” by A.C. Brown)
• He speaks of the old nature and its corruption as though he had a decomposing human body strapped to his back. The new life is anything but happy in this state. This leads him to cry out, "O wretched man that I am!" (“A Parenthesis: Romans 7:7-25” by B. Anstey)
• "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" It is not simply that he looks for deliverance, but for a deliverer. (“A Parenthesis: Romans 7:7-25” by B. Anstey)
•  "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord." This then shows us that deliverance does not come from our prayers, or through our knowledge of Scripture, or by trying to turn away from evil thoughts, scolding ourselves, etc., but in simply looking away from ourselves to Christ, and being filled with Him and His interests. (“A Parenthesis: Romans 7:7-25” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of this body of death?

W. Kelly Translation

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Wretched man that I [am]! who shall deliver me out of this body of death?