Verse List for MAT 23:4

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OET (OET-RV) They package up heavy and unbearable loads and place them across the shoulders of the people, while they themselves won’t even move their little fingers.

OET-LV And they _are _binding heavy and unbearable burdens, and they _are _laying_ them _on on the shoulders of_ the _people, but they are_ not _willing to _move them with _the finger of _them.

ULT And they tie up loads, heavy and difficult to carry, and they put, them on the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing with their finger to move them.

UST They tell people to do many things that are difficult. However, they do not do anything to help those people.

BSB & MSB They tie up heavy, burdensome loads[fn] and lay [them] on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

BLB And they tie up burdens heavy and hard to bear and lay them on the shoulders of men; but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

AICNT {But}[fn] they tie up [[great and]][fn] heavy [and hard to bear][fn] burdens and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

OEB While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.

WEBBE & WMBB For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

NET They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

LSV for they bind together burdens [too] heavy and grievous to bear, and lay [them] on the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

FBV They tie up heavy burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves don't lift a finger to help them.

TCNT They bind [fn]burdens that are heavy and hard to bear and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

T4T They require you to obey many rules that are difficult to obey. But they themselves do not help anyone obey those rules. It is as if they are tying up loads that are hard to carry and putting them on your shoulders [MET] for you to carry. But they themselves do not desire to help anyone obey those laws. They are like people who do not want to lift even the slightest load that they could lift [MET]

LEB And they tie up heavy burdens[fn] and put them[fn] on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing with their finger to move them.

BBE They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.

Moff They make up heavy loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not stir a finger to remove them.

Wymth Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.

ASV Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

DRA For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

YLT for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

Drby but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

RV Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
(Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.)

SLT For they bind loads heavy and difficult to carry, and put upon men’s shoulders; and with their fingers will they not move them.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.
( For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.)

KJB-1611 For they binde heauie burdens, and grieuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders, but they themselues will not mooue them with one of their fingers.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers.
(Yea, they bind together heavy burdens, and grievous to be born, and lay them on men’s shoulders: but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.)

Gnva For they binde heauie burdens, and grieuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders, but they themselues will not moue them with one of their fingers.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl for they saye & do not. For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens, and laye them vpon mens shulders: But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers.
(for they say and do not. For they bind heavy and intollerable burdens, and lay them upon men’s shoulders: But they themselves will not heaven at them with one of their fingers.)

TNT Ye and they bynde hevy burthes and grevous to be borne and ley the on menes shulders: but they themsylfes will not heave at them with one of their fyngers.
(Ye/You_all and they bind heavy burdens and grevous to be born and ley the on menes shoulders: but they themsylfes will not heave at them with one of their fingers.)

Wycl And thei bynden greuouse chargis, and that moun not be borun, and putten on schuldris of men; but with her fyngur thei wolen not moue hem.
(And they bynden greuouse chargis, and that may/can not be born, and putten on shoulders of men; but with her finger they woollen not move hem.)

Luth Sie binden aber schwere und unerträgliche Bürden und legen sie den Menschen auf den Hals; aber sie wollen dieselben nicht mit einem Finger regen.
(They/She bind/tie(v) but heavy/difficult and unbearable Bürden and place they/she/them the people on/in/to the neck/throat; but they/she/them want the_same not with on finger rain(v).)

ClVg Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.[fn]
(Alligant because burdens heavy_(things), and importabilia, and they_impose in/into/on shoulders of_men: finger however his_own they_do_not_want them to_move.)

SR-GNT Δεσμεύουσιν δὲ φορτία βαρέα καὶ δυσβάστακτα, καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά. ‡

UGNT δεσμεύουσιν δὲ φορτία βαρέα καὶ δυσβάστακτα, καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων; αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά.

SBL-GNT δεσμεύουσιν ⸀δὲ φορτία ⸀βαρέα καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ⸂αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ⸃ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά.

RP-GNT Δεσμεύουσιν γὰρ φορτία βαρέα καὶ δυσβάστακτα, καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τῷ δὲ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά.

TC-GNT δεσμεύουσι [fn]γὰρ φορτία βαρέα [fn]καὶ δυσβάστακτα, καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, [fn]τῷ δὲ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσι [fn]κινῆσαι αὐτά.