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No longer, therefore, should we judge one another; but rather determine this, not to put any stumbling block or snare before your brother.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
therefore, Therefore, then. Conj H3767 οὖν oun
Analysis:

 
should we judge (a) to judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) to decide, to think (it) good. V-AMA-2P H2919 κρίνωμεν krinōmen
one another; One another, each other. RecPro-AMP H240 ἀλλήλους allēlous
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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No longer, No longer, no more. Adv H3371 Μηκέτι mēketi
rather More, rather. Adv H3123 μᾶλλον mallon
determine (a) to judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) to decide, to think (it) good. V-AMA-2P H2919 κρίνατε krinate
this, This; he, she, it. DPro-ANS H3778    
to put To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. V-PNA H5087 τιθέναι tithenai
[any] stumbling block A stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment. N-ANS H4348 πρόσκομμα proskomma
or Or, than. Conj H2228 ἢ ē
snare A snare, stumbling-block, cause for error. N-ANS H4625 σκάνδαλον skandalon
brother. A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. N-DMS H80 ἀδελφῷ adelphō

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Put

PUTput (puT; Phoud, in Genesis and Chronicles, variant for Genesis Phout, for Chronicles, Phouth):1. Renderings:In consequence of the identification at the time, the prophets have "Libya" (Libues), except Nab 3:9, where the Greek renders the word as phuge, "flight." The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) has "Phut," "Phuth," and in the Prophets "Li... View Details

People

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a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

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Berean Bible No longer, therefore, should we judge one another; but rather determine this, not to put any stumbling block or snare before your brother.
King James Bible No longer, therefore, should we Let us not therefore judge one another; another any more: but rather determine this, not to judge this rather, that no man put any stumbling block a stumblingblock or snare before your brother.an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Hebrew Greek English No longer, therefore, should we Therefore let us not judge one another; another anymore, but rather determine this, this-- not to put any an obstacle or a stumbling block or snare before your brother.in a brother's way.
New American Standard Bible 1995 No longer, therefore, should we Therefore let us not judge one another; another anymore, but rather determine this, this-- not to put any an obstacle or a stumbling block or snare before your brother.in a brother's way.