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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 have entered into me,{HR}And thy hand hath come down upon me.
 10My heart hath panted;{HR}My strength hath forsaken me,{HR}And the light of mine eyes—{HR}Even they are not with me. (Psa. 38:2,10)
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Psa. 77:3‑9• 3I remembered God and was disquieted;{HR}I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
 4Thou holdest mine eyes watching,{HR}I am troubled and cannot speak.
 5I consider the days of old,{HR}The years of ancient times.
 6I call to remembrance my song in the night;{HR}I commune with mine own heart,{HR}And my spirit maketh diligent search.
 7Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more?
 8Hath his mercy failed forever?{HR}Hath the word come to an end from generation to generation?
 9Hath God forgotten to be gracious?{HR}Or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. (Psa. 77:3‑9)
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or, this body of death.
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Psa. 88:5• 5Among the dead free, as the slain that lie in the grave,{HR}Whom thou rememberest no more,{HR}And they are cut off from thy hand. (Psa. 88:5)

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wretched.
Rom. 8:26• 26And likewise too the Spirit joineth help to our weakness; for what we should pray for as we ought we know not, but the Spirit itself pleadeth [for us] with unutterable groanings; (Rom. 8:26)
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1 Kings 8:38• 38{i}what 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;{/i} (1 Kings 8:38)
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Psa. 6:6• 6I am weary with my sighing;{HR}All the night make I my bed to swim;{HR}I cause my couch to flow down with my tears. (Psa. 6:6)
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Psa. 32:3‑4• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day.
 4For by day and by night thy hand is heavy upon me;{HR}My moisture hath been changed into the droughts of summer. Selah. (Psa. 32:3‑4)
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Psa. 38:2,8‑10• 2For thine arrows have entered into me,{HR}And thy hand hath come down upon me.
 8I have been feeble and broken to the uttermost;{HR}I have groaned because of the groaning of my heart.
 9O Lord, before thee [is] all my desire,{HR}And my sighing hath not been hidden from thee.
 10My heart hath panted;{HR}My strength hath forsaken me,{HR}And the light of mine eyes—{HR}Even they are not with me. (Psa. 38:2,8‑10)
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Psa. 77:3‑9• 3I remembered God and was disquieted;{HR}I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
 4Thou holdest mine eyes watching,{HR}I am troubled and cannot speak.
 5I consider the days of old,{HR}The years of ancient times.
 6I call to remembrance my song in the night;{HR}I commune with mine own heart,{HR}And my spirit maketh diligent search.
 7Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more?
 8Hath his mercy failed forever?{HR}Hath the word come to an end from generation to generation?
 9Hath God forgotten to be gracious?{HR}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 with longing{HR}For thy judgments at every time.
 81My soul fainteth for thy salvation;{HR}In thy word do I hope.
 82Mine eyes fail for thy saying, so that I say (saying),{HR}When wilt thou comfort me?
 83For I am become like a wine-skin in smoke;{HR}Thy statutes I forget not.
 131I opened my mouth wide, and panted,{HR}For I longed for thy commandments. (Psa. 119:20,81‑83,131)
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Psa. 119:143,176• 143Distress and anguish seized me;{HR}Thy commandments [are] my delights.
 176I have wandered like a lost sheep:{HR}Seek thy servant,{HR}For thy commandments I do not forget. (Psa. 119:143,176)
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Psa. 130:1‑3• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Out of the depths{HR}Do I call on thee, Jehovah.
 2Lord, hear (in) my voice;{HR}Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
 3If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities,{HR}Lord, who shall stand? (Psa. 130:1‑3)
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Ezek. 9:4• 4Jehovah 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 cry for all the abominations that be 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 that 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 should not be uplifted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be uplifted overmuch.
 8For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me;
 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me. (2 Cor. 12:7‑9)
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Rev. 21:4• 4And [God] shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, and no mourning nor crying nor pain shall be any more: for the first things have passed away. (Rev. 21:4)
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Deut. 22:26‑27• 26{i}and 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;{/i}
 27{i}for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.{/i} (Deut. 22:26‑27)
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Psa. 71:11• 11Saying, God hath forsaken him:{HR}Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver. (Psa. 71:11)
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Psa. 72:12• 12For he will deliver the needy that crieth{HR}And the afflicted that hath no helper. (Psa. 72:12)
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Psa. 91:14‑15• 14Because he hath set his love on me,{HR}I too will deliver him;{HR}I will set him on high,{HR}Because he knoweth my name.
 15He shall call me, and I will answer him;{HR}With him [am] I in trouble;{HR}I will deliver him and glorify him. (Psa. 91:14‑15)
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Psa. 102:20• 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner,{HR}To loose the sons of death, (Psa. 102:20)
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Mic. 7:19• 19{i}He 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.{/i} (Mic. 7:19)
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Zech. 9:11‑12• 11{i}As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.{/i}
 12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zech. 9:11‑12)
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Luke 4:18• 18[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], 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 would not have you ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation that came to pass d in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond power, so as for us to despair even of our living.
 9But we ourselves have had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God that raiseth the dead,
 10who delivered us from so great a death, and doth e deliver, in whom we have hope that he will also yet deliver, (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)
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2 Tim. 4:18• 18The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve for his heavenly kingdom; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the 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 people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)
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Heb. 2:15• 15and might set free all those who through fear of death were through all their life subject to bondage. (Heb. 2:15)
the body of this.
or, this body of.
Rom. 6:6• 6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be disannulled, 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 mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (Rom. 8:13)
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Psa. 88:5• 5Among the dead free, as the slain that lie in the grave,{HR}Whom thou rememberest no more,{HR}And they are cut off from thy hand. (Psa. 88:5)
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Col. 2:11• 11in whom also ye were circumcised with circumcision not wrought by hand, in the putting off 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?