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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 16

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john.16.joyTaken16

τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς αἴρει

GRAMMARTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

What can no one do to their joy?

Airei is the same broad verb used for taking away, lifting, or removing. Here the idiom means deprive them of joy.

Why this default

‘No one takes your joy from you’ is default because it preserves the present-tense airei and the direct object without adding ability, futurity, or hostile theft. ‘Remove’ explains the result, while ‘steal’ supplies an intention absent from the clause.

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Project defaultno one takes your joy from you

Project default · direct present

Alternativeno one can remove your joy

Ability foregrounded

Alternativeno one will steal your joy

Loss foregrounded

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

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