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John 7:19

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Did not Moses give you the Law, and [yet] none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Did not, Moses, give you the law? And yet, not one of you, doeth the law!—Why, seek ye, to slay, me?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Did not Moses giue you a Law, and yet none of you keepeth the lawe? Why goe ye about to kill me?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Did not Moses giue you the Law, and yet none of you keepeth the Law? Why goe ye about to kill me?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Did not Moses give you the law? And yet no one of you obeys the law. Why do you want to kill me?
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Did not Musha give you the law? But no man of you keepeth the law.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Did not Moses give you the law? Yet no one of you observeth the law.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Did y1325
[1325] Standard
δίδωμι
didomi
{did'-o-mee}
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection).
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
Moses 3475
{3475} Prime
Μωσεῦς
Moseus
{moce-yoos'}
Of Hebrew origin [H4872]; Moseus, Moses or Mouses (that is, Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver.
give 1325
{1325} Prime
δίδωμι
didomi
{did'-o-mee}
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection).
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
you 5213
{5213} Prime
ὑμῖν
humin
{hoo-min'}
Irregular dative case of G5210; to (with or by) you.
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
law, 3551
{3551} Prime
νόμος
nomos
{nom'-os}
From a primary word νέμω [[nemo]] (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), generally (regulation), specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle).
and 2532
{2532} Prime
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
[yet] none 3762
{3762} Prime
οὐδείς
oudeis
{oo-dice'}
From G3761 and G1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), that is, none, nobody, nothing.
of 1537
{1537} Prime
ἐκ
ek
{ek}
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote).
you 5216
{5216} Prime
ὑμῶν
humon
{hoo-mone'}
Genitive case of G5210; of (from or concerning) you.
keepeth 4160
{4160} Prime
ποιέω
poieo
{poy-eh'-o}
Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
law? 3551
{3551} Prime
νόμος
nomos
{nom'-os}
From a primary word νέμω [[nemo]] (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), generally (regulation), specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle).
Why 5101
{5101} Prime
τίς
tis
{tis}
Probably emphatic of G5100; an interrogitive pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions).
go ye about 2212
{2212} Prime
ζητέω
zeteo
{dzay-teh'-o}
Of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specifically (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
to kill 615
{0615} Prime
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
{ap-ok-ti'-no}
From G0575 and κτείνω [[kteino]] (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively to destroy.
z5658
<5658> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Infinitive (See G5795)
Count - 516
me? 3165
{3165} Prime
μέ
me
{meh}
A shorter (and probably original) form of G1691; me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

John 7:19-20

_ _ Did not Moses, etc. — that is, In opposing Me ye pretend zeal for Moses, but to the spirit and end of that law which he gave ye are total strangers, and in “going about to kill Me” ye are its greatest enemies.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on John 7:14-36.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 7:19

But ye are unrighteous; for ye violate the very law which ye profess so much zeal for.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

John 7:19

(7) Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

(7) None boast more confidently that they themselves are the defenders of the law of God than they that break it most impudently.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
not:

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] that accuseth you, [even] Moses, in whom ye trust.
John 9:28-29 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. ... We know that God spake unto Moses: [as for] this [fellow], we know not from whence he is.
Exodus 24:2-3 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. ... And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
Deuteronomy 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Deuteronomy 1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Hebrews 3:3-5 For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. ... And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

yet:

Matthew 23:2-4 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: ... For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.
Romans 2:12-13 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; ... (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Romans 2:17-29 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, ... But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.
Romans 3:10-23 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: ... For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Galatians 6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Why:

John 7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
John 10:31-32 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. ... Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
John 10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John 11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Psalms 2:1-6 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? ... Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Matthew 12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
Matthew 21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Mark 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mark 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 24:2. Dt 1:17; 33:4. Ps 2:1. Mt 12:14; 21:38; 23:2. Mk 3:4, 6. Jn 1:17; 5:16, 18, 45; 7:25; 9:28; 10:31, 39; 11:53. Ac 7:38. Ro 2:12, 17; 3:10. Ga 3:19; 6:13. He 3:3.

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