LUKE 4:12 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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ULT But answering, Jesus said to him, “It is said, ‘You will not test the Lord your God.’ ”

UST But Jesus replied, “No, I will not do that, because the Scriptures also say: ‘Do not test the Lord your God’.”

BSB § But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[fn]”

BLB And Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not test the Lord your God.'"

AICNT And Jesus answered him, “It is {said},[fn] ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”[fn]

4:12, said: Some manuscripts read “written.” D(05) W(032) Latin(a b e ff²)

4:12, Deuteronomy 6:16

OEB But Jesus answered him, ‘It is said – “You must not tempt the Lord your God.” ’

WEBBE Jesus answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

WMBB Yeshua answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

NET Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘ You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

LSV And Jesus answering said to him, “It has been said, You will not tempt the LORD your God.”

FBV “It is written in Scripture, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God,’ ”[fn] Jesus replied.

4:12 Quoting Deuteronomy 6:16.

TCNT § Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Yoʋ shall not put the Lord yoʋr God to the test.’ ”

T4T But Jesus replied, “No, I will not do that, because it is written {Moses wrote} in the Scriptures: ‘Do not try to test the Lord your God to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish’.”

LEB And Jesus answered and[fn] said to him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.’ ”[fn]

4:12 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

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BBE And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

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Wymth The reply of Jesus was, "It is said, `Thou shalt not put the Lord they God to the proof.'"

ASV And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

DRA And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

YLT And Jesus answering said to him — 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

Drby And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy [fn]God.

4.12 Elohim

RV And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Wbstr And Jesus answering, said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

KJB-1769 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy/your God. )

KJB-1611 And Iesus answering, said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: It is sayde, Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God.
(And Yesus/Yeshua answered, and said unto him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy/your God.)

Gnva And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(And Yesus/Yeshua answered, and said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy/your God. )

Cvdl And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: It is sayde: Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God.
(And Yesus/Yeshua answered, and said unto him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the LORD thy/your God.)

TNT Iesus answered and sayde to him it is sayd: thou shalt not tempte the Lorde thy God.
(Yesus/Yeshua answered and said to him it is said: thou/you shalt not tempt the Lord thy/your God. )

Wycl And Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte thi Lord God.
(And Yhesus answered, and said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt thy/your Lord God.)

Luth JEsus antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Es ist gesagt: Du sollst GOtt, deinen HErr’s, nicht versuchen.
(Yesus replied and spoke to him: It is said: You should God, deinen LORD’s, not versuchen.)

ClVg Et respondens Jesus, ait illi: Dictum est: Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum.
(And responding Yesus, he_said them: Dictum it_is: Non tentabis Dominum God tuum. )

UGNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ὅτι εἴρηται, οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου.
(kai apokritheis eipen autōi ho Yaʸsous, hoti eiraʸtai, ouk ekpeiraseis Kurion ton Theon sou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι Εἴρηται· Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου.
(kai apokritheis eipen autōi ho Yaʸsous hoti Eiraʸtai; Ouk ekpeiraseis kurion ton theon sou.)

TC-GNT § Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι Εἴρηται, Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου.
( § Kai apokritheis eipen autōi ho Yaʸsous hoti Eiraʸtai, Ouk ekpeiraseis Kurion ton Theon sou. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς

answering said ˱to˲_him ¬the Jesus

Together the words answering and said mean that Jesus responded to the challenge that the devil posed. Alternate translation: [Jesus responded to him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εἴρηται, οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου

˱it˲_/has_been/_said not ˱you˲_/will_be/_testing /the/_Lord the God ˱of˲_you

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [It is said that one must not test the Lord his God]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἴρηται

˱it˲_/has_been/_said

Jesus clearly implies in his answer that he is rejecting the devil’s challenge. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly, as UST does. Alternate translation: [Jesus replied, ‘No, I will not do that, because it is said’]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

εἴρηται

˱it˲_/has_been/_said

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state what is doing the action. Alternate translation: [The Scriptures say]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου

not ˱you˲_/will_be/_testing /the/_Lord the God ˱of˲_you

The Scriptures are using a statement to give a command. Alternate translation: [You must not test the Lord your God]

Parallel LUKE 4:12