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OET interlinear MARK 7:9

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SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. Καί
    2. kai
    3. And
    4. -
    5. 25320
    6. C·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. PS
    10. Y32
    11. 27667
    1. ἔλεγεν
    2. legō
    3. he was saying
    4. -
    5. 30040
    6. VIIA3··S
    7. ˱he˲ ˓was˒ saying
    8. ˱he˲ ˓was˒ saying
    9. -
    10. Y32; R26835; Person=Jesus
    11. 27668
    1. αὐτοῖς
    2. autos
    3. to them
    4. -
    5. 8460
    6. R···3DMP
    7. ˱to˲ them
    8. ˱to˲ them
    9. -
    10. Y32; R27557; R27560
    11. 27669
    1. καλῶς
    2. kalōs
    3. well
    4. -
    5. 25730
    6. D·······
    7. well
    8. well
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27670
    1. Ἀθετεῖτε
    2. atheteō
    3. You all are rejecting
    4. -
    5. 1140
    6. VIPA2··P
    7. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ rejecting
    8. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ rejecting
    9. D
    10. Y32
    11. 27671
    1. τήν
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····AFS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27672
    1. ἐντολήν
    2. entolē
    3. command
    4. commands
    5. 17850
    6. N····AFS
    7. command
    8. commandment
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27673
    1. τοῦ
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····GMS
    7. ¬the
    8. ¬the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27674
    1. Θεοῦ
    2. theos
    3. of god
    4. -
    5. 23160
    6. N····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ god
    8. ˱of˲ God
    9. GN
    10. Y32; Person=God
    11. 27675
    1. ἵνα
    2. hina
    3. in order that
    4. -
    5. 24430
    6. C·······
    7. in_order_that
    8. in_order_that
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27676
    1. τήν
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····AFS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27677
    1. παράδοσιν
    2. paradosis
    3. tradition
    4. -
    5. 38620
    6. N····AFS
    7. tradition
    8. tradition
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27678
    1. ὑμῶν
    2. su
    3. of you all
    4. your
    5. 47710
    6. R···2G·P
    7. ˱of˲ you_all
    8. ˱of˲ you_all
    9. -
    10. Y32; R27557; R27560
    11. 27679
    1. στήσητε
    2. histēmi
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 24760
    6. VSAA2··P
    7. ˱you_all˲ ˓may˒ establish
    8. ˱you_all˲ ˓may˒ establish
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 27680
    1. τηρήσητε
    2. tēreō
    3. you all may keep
    4. -
    5. 50830
    6. VSAA2··P
    7. ˱you_all˲ ˓may˒ keep
    8. ˱you_all˲ ˓may˒ keep
    9. -
    10. Y32; R27557; R27560
    11. 27681
    1. τηρῆτε
    2. tēreō
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 50830
    6. VSPA2··P
    7. ˱you_all˲ ˓may_be˒ keeping
    8. ˱you_all˲ ˓may_be˒ keeping
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 27682

OET (OET-LV) And he_was_saying to_them:
You_all_are_rejecting well the command of_ the _god, in_order_that you_all_may_keep the tradition of_you_all.

OET (OET-RV) And Yeshua continued, “You all simply dismiss God’s commands in favour of your own customs.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–23: Jesus explained what makes a person unclean

This section (7:1–23) deals with the difference between ritual uncleanness and real moral uncleanness. Ritual uncleanness is external, but real uncleanness involves the inner being of a person. Mark introduced this topic by describing an incident in which the Pharisees and teachers of the law rebuked Jesus. They did this because his disciples ate without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish tradition (7:1–5).

Jesus did not respond to their rebuke directly. Instead, he gave an example of how these leaders ignored God’s law in order to follow their own traditions (7:6–13). Jesus then explained to the crowd that true uncleanness in God’s sight is not caused by external things. It is not caused by things such as food going into the body. True uncleanness is caused by sinful things that a person does or says. Those things come from a person’s inner being (7:14–23).

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Ritual uncleanness is not what causes God to consider a person unclean

Jesus teaches about what defiles a person

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 15:1–20 and Luke 11:37–39.

Paragraph 7:6–13

In this paragraph, Jesus responded to the rebuke of the Pharisees and teachers of the law. But he did not explain to them directly why his disciples did not follow the tradition of the Jewish ancestors. Instead he told them that they fulfilled a prophecy from Isaiah about people who followed human traditions rather than God’s laws (7:6–8). He then gave a specific example of one of God’s laws that they prevented people from obeying. They did this by insisting that people follow the traditions of the ancestors (7:9–13) instead of God’s law.

7:9a

He went on to say,

He went on to say: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as He went on to say here introduces more things that Jesus said. You should introduce these words of Jesus in a way that is natural in your language. For example:

Then he said (NLT)

He also said to them (NET)

He added (GW)

7:9b

“You neatly set aside the command of God

You neatly set aside the command of God: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as neatly is a figure of speech. It means the opposite of what it says. Jesus was being sarcastic as he rebuked the proud Jewish leaders for doing wrong.

Here are some other ways to translate this:

set aside the command of God: The Greek word that the BSB translates as set aside also means “reject” or “ignore.” This word refers to the way the Pharisees and teachers of the law rejected and disobeyed God’s commands. For example:

You cleverly ignore the commands of God (NCV)

You reject God’s laws (NLT96)

7:9c

to maintain your own tradition.

to maintain your own tradition: When you translate the verb maintain, you should use a verb that naturally goes with the word tradition. For example:

so that you can follow your own teachings (CEV)

in order to keep your own traditions (GW)

tradition: The Greek word that the BSB translates as tradition means “those things that are taught or commanded which are passed on from one generation to another.”

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε

well (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς καλῶς Ἀθετεῖτε τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἵνα τήν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε)

Here Jesus says that the scribes and Pharisees do something well when he thinks that they are actually doing something wrong. He speaks in this way in order to make a point. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [It is wrong for you reject the commandment of God so that you may keep your tradition] or [you should not reject the commandment of God so that you may keep your tradition]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ & τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς καλῶς Ἀθετεῖτε τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἵνα τήν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε)

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of commandment and tradition, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: [what God commanded us … what you were taught]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς καλῶς Ἀθετεῖτε τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἵνα τήν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε)

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe a commandment that came from God. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the commandment given by God] or [the commandment we received from God]

Note 4 topic: translate-textvariants

τηρήσητε

˱you_all˲_˓may˒_keep

Many ancient manuscripts read you may keep. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts read “you may establish.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. And
    2. -
    3. 25320
    4. PS
    5. kai
    6. C-·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. PS
    10. Y32
    11. 27667
    1. he was saying
    2. -
    3. 30040
    5. legō
    6. V-IIA3··S
    7. ˱he˲ ˓was˒ saying
    8. ˱he˲ ˓was˒ saying
    9. -
    10. Y32; R26835; Person=Jesus
    11. 27668
    1. to them
    2. -
    3. 8460
    5. autos
    6. R-···3DMP
    7. ˱to˲ them
    8. ˱to˲ them
    9. -
    10. Y32; R27557; R27560
    11. 27669
    1. You all are rejecting
    2. -
    3. 1140
    4. D
    5. atheteō
    6. V-IPA2··P
    7. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ rejecting
    8. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ rejecting
    9. D
    10. Y32
    11. 27671
    1. well
    2. -
    3. 25730
    5. kalōs
    6. D-·······
    7. well
    8. well
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27670
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····AFS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27672
    1. command
    2. commands
    3. 17850
    5. entolē
    6. N-····AFS
    7. command
    8. commandment
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27673
    1. of
    2. -
    3. 23160
    4. GN
    5. theos
    6. N-····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ god
    8. ˱of˲ God
    9. GN
    10. Y32; Person=God
    11. 27675
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····GMS
    7. ¬the
    8. ¬the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27674
    1. god
    2. -
    3. 23160
    4. GN
    5. theos
    6. N-····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ god
    8. ˱of˲ God
    9. GN
    10. Y32; Person=God
    11. 27675
    1. in order that
    2. -
    3. 24430
    5. hina
    6. C-·······
    7. in_order_that
    8. in_order_that
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27676
    1. you all may keep
    2. -
    3. 50830
    5. tēreō
    6. V-SAA2··P
    7. ˱you_all˲ ˓may˒ keep
    8. ˱you_all˲ ˓may˒ keep
    9. -
    10. Y32; R27557; R27560
    11. 27681
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····AFS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27677
    1. tradition
    2. -
    3. 38620
    5. paradosis
    6. N-····AFS
    7. tradition
    8. tradition
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 27678
    1. of you all
    2. your
    3. 47710
    5. su
    6. R-···2G·P
    7. ˱of˲ you_all
    8. ˱of˲ you_all
    9. -
    10. Y32; R27557; R27560
    11. 27679

OET (OET-LV) And he_was_saying to_them:
You_all_are_rejecting well the command of_ the _god, in_order_that you_all_may_keep the tradition of_you_all.

OET (OET-RV) And Yeshua continued, “You all simply dismiss God’s commands in favour of your own customs.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

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