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straÌ„n (διυλιÌζω, diulıÌzoÌ„, “to strain off,†“to filterâ€): , “Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel†The imagery is that of a drinking-vessel full of liquid, from which tiny impurities are carefully removed while immense masses of other impure matter () are overlooked (compare f). The first edition of the King James Version read the same as the Revised Version (British and American), but in the later editions a misprint converted “strain out†into “strain at,†an error that has never been corrected.