MAT 12:25 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 having known their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

UST Jesus realized what they were thinking. So he said to them, “When the people in one nation fight against each other, they will destroy their nation. When people who live in the same town or household fight against each other, that town or household will not last.

BSB Knowing their thoughts, [Jesus] said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

MSB Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

BLB And having known their thoughts, He said to them, "Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house having been divided against itself will not stand.

AICNT [[Jesus]][fn] Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

12:25, Jesus: ℵ(01) B(03) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts include. C(04) W(032) BYZ TR

OEB Jesus, however, was aware of what was passing in their minds, and said to them, ‘Any kingdom divided against itself becomes a desolation, and any town or household divided against itself will not last.

WEBBE Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

WMBB Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

NET Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

LSV And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself stands,

FBV Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus told them, “Any kingdom that is divided against itself will be destroyed. No town or household that is divided against itself can stand.

TCNT Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

T4T But Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking and saying. So, in order to show them that what they said did not make sense, he said to them, “If the people in [MTY] one nation fight against each other, they will destroy their nation {their nation will be destroyed}. If people who live in the same city or house fight each other, they will certainly not remain as one group or family.

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BBE And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

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Wymth Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low.

ASV And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

DRA And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

YLT And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

Drby But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

RV And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

SLT And Jesus knowing their reflections, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

Wbstr And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself, shall not stand.

KJB-1769 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

KJB-1611 And Iesus knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdome diuided against it selfe, is brought to desolation: and euery citie or house diuided against it selfe, shall not stand.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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Gnva But Iesus knew their thoughtes, and said to them, Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe, is brought to nought: and euery citie or house, deuided against it selfe, shall not stand.
(But Yesus/Yeshua knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to naught/nothing: and every city or house, divided against itself, shall not stand. )

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TNT But Iesus knewe their thoughtes and sayde to the. Every kingdome devided with in it sylfe shalbe brought to naught. Nether shall eny cite or housholde devyded agest it sylfe contynue.
(But Yesus/Yeshua knew their thoughts and said to them. Every kingdom divided with in it sylfe shall be brought to naught/nothing. Neither shall any cite or household devyded agest it sylfe continue. )

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ClVg Jesus autem sciens cogitationes eorum, dixit eis: Omne regnum divisum contra se desolabitur: et omnis civitas vel domus divisa contra se, non stabit.[fn]
(Yesus however sciens thoughts their, he_said to_them: Omne kingdom divisum on_the_contrary himself will_be_desolate: and everyone city or home divided on_the_contrary himself, not/no will_stand. )

12.25 Omne regnum. Necessaria complexione eos arguit. Vel enim Christus virtute Dei dæmones ejicit, vel in principe dæmoniorum. Si virtute Dei, frustra calumniantur. Si in principe dæmoniorum, regnum ejus divisum est, nec stabit: et ideo a regno ejus recedant: quod innuit eos sibi elegisse, dum in se non credunt.

12.25 Omne kingdom. Necessaria complexione them arguit. Or because Christ by_virtue of_God dæmones eyicit, or in/into/on prince dæmoniorum. When/But_if by_virtue of_God, in_vain calumniantur. When/But_if in/into/on prince dæmoniorum, kingdom his divisum it_is, but_not will_stand: and therefore/for_that_reason from kingdom his recedant: that innuit them to_himself I_chosesse, while in/into/on himself not/no credunt.

UGNT εἰδὼς δὲ τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθ’ ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται, καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθ’ ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται.
(eidōs de tas enthumaʸseis autōn, eipen autois, pasa basileia meristheisa kath’ heautaʸs eraʸmoutai, kai pasa polis aʸ oikia meristheisa kath’ heautaʸs ou stathaʸsetai.)

SBL-GNT εἰδὼς ⸀δὲ τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται, καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται.
(eidōs ⸀de tas enthumaʸseis autōn eipen autois; Pasa basileia meristheisa kathʼ heautaʸs eraʸmoutai, kai pasa polis aʸ oikia meristheisa kathʼ heautaʸs ou stathaʸsetai.)

RP-GNT Εἰδὼς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται· καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται.
(Eidōs de ho Yaʸsous tas enthumaʸseis autōn eipen autois, Pasa basileia meristheisa kath' heautaʸs eraʸmoutai; kai pasa polis aʸ oikia meristheisa kath' heautaʸs ou stathaʸsetai.)

TC-GNT Εἰδὼς δὲ [fn]ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθ᾽ [fn]ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται· καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθ᾽ [fn]ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται.
(Eidōs de ho Yaʸsous tas enthumaʸseis autōn eipen autois, Pasa basileia meristheisa kath heautaʸs eraʸmoutai; kai pasa polis aʸ oikia meristheisa kath heautaʸs ou stathaʸsetai. )

12:25 ο ιησους ¦ — CT

12:25 εαυτης ¦ εαυτην ANT

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then]

Note 2 topic: writing-proverbs

πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθ’ ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται, καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθ’ ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται

every kingdom ˓having_been˒_divided against itself ˓is_being˒_desolated and every city or house ˓having_been˒_divided against itself not ˓will_be_being˒_stood

Jesus uses or invents two proverbs in order to teach the Pharisees that his power cannot come from the same source as the demon’s power. Translate these proverbs in such a way that they will be recognized as proverbs and be meaningful in your language and culture. Alternate translation: [If a kingdom is divided against itself, it will be made desolate. Similarly, if a city or a house is divided against itself, it will not stand]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

every kingdom ˓having_been˒_divided against itself ˓is_being˒_desolated and every city or house ˓having_been˒_divided against itself not ˓will_be_being˒_stood

These two sentences mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the sentences with a word other than and in order to show that the second sentence is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate; indeed, every city or house divided against itself will not stand]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

every kingdom ˓having_been˒_divided against itself ˓is_being˒_desolated and every city or house ˓having_been˒_divided against itself not ˓will_be_being˒_stood

The words kingdom, city, and house represent the people who live in those places. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use equivalent expressions from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [People in one kingdom who are divided against each other will be made desolate, and people in one city or house who are divided against each other will not stand]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence -1) μερισθεῖσα καθ’ ἑαυτῆς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰδὼς δὲ τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς πᾶσα βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that attacks itself … that attacks itself]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence -1) ἐρημοῦται

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [ruins itself] or [destroys itself]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ σταθήσεται

not ˓will_be_being˒_stood

The phrase will not stand means that the city or house will not exist much longer. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will fall] or [will no longer exist]

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