MAT 12:36 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “But I’m telling you that people will have to give an account on judgement day for every worthless sentence that they’ve spoken,

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But I say to you that every careless word that men will speak, they will give an account concerning it in the day of judgment.

UST Here is what I want you to know: when God judges everyone, he will hold people responsible for all the useless things that they have said.

BSB But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

BLB And I say to you that every careless word that they will speak, men will give an account of it in day of judgment.

AICNT “I tell you that for every idle word that people [[may]][fn] speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment;

12:36, may: Some manuscripts include. C(04) W(032) BYZ TR

OEB I tell you that for every careless thing that people say, they must answer on the “day of judgment.”

WEBBE I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

LSV And I say to you that every idle word that men may speak, they will give for it a reckoning in [the] day of judgment;

FBV I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment.

TCNT But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they speak.

T4T I tell you that on the day when God judges [MTY], he will make people recall every useless word they have spoken, and he will judge them accordingly.

LEB But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

BBE And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement.

ASV And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

DRA But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

YLT 'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Drby But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

RV And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Wbstr But I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.

KJB-1769 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
(But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement. )

KJB-1611 But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement.
(But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speake, they shall give accompt thereof in the day of Judgement.)

Bshps But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment.
(But I say unto you, of every idell word that men shall speake, they shall give accompt thereof, in the day of judgement.)

Gnva But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.
(But I say unto you, that of every idle word that men shall speake, they shall give account thereof at the day of judgement. )

Cvdl But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet.
(But I say unto you, that of every ydell word that me have spoken, they shall give accomptes at ye/you_all day of iudgmet.)

TNT But I say vnto you that of every ydell worde that men shall have spoken: they shall geve acountes at the daye of iudgement.
(But I say unto you that of every ydell word that men shall have spoken: they shall give acountes at the day of judgement. )

Wycl And Y seie to you, that of euery idel word, that men speken, thei schulen yelde resoun therof in the dai of doom;
(And I say to you, that of every idle word, that men speken, they should yelde resoun thereof in the day of doom;)

Luth Ich sage euch aber, daß die Menschen müssen Rechenschaft geben am Jüngsten Gericht von einem jeglichen unnützen Wort, das sie geredet haben.
(I said you but, that the Menschen müssen Rechenschaft give in/at/on_the Yüngsten Gericht from one jeglichen unnützen Wort, the they/she/them geredet have.)

ClVg Dico autem vobis quoniam omne verbum otiosum, quod locuti fuerint homines, reddent rationem de eo in die judicii.[fn]
(Dico however to_you quoniam omne the_word otiosum, that locuti fuerint homines, reddent rationem about eo in day yudicii. )

12.36 Verbum otiosum. Si de otioso verbo reddet homo rationem in die judicii, quanto magis vos qui opera sancti Spiritus dicitis esse Beelzebub. GREG. Otiosum verbum est, quod aut utilitate rectitudinis, aut ratione justæ necessitatis caret, quod scilicet, etc., usque ad hic non otiosi verbi sed criminosi tenebitur reus.

12.36 Verbum otiosum. When/But_if about otioso verbo reddet human rationem in day yudicii, quanto magis you who opera sancti Spiritus dicitis esse Beelzebub. GREG. Otiosum the_word it_is, that aut utilitate rectitudinis, aut ratione just necessitatis caret, that scilicet, etc., until to this not/no otiosi verbi but criminosi tenebitur reus.

UGNT λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, ὅτι πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργὸν ὃ λαλήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἀποδώσουσιν περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως.
(legō de humin, hoti pan ɽaʸma argon ho lalaʸsousin hoi anthrōpoi, apodōsousin peri autou logon en haʸmera kriseōs.)

SBL-GNT λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργὸν ὃ ⸀λαλήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἀποδώσουσιν περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως·
(legō de humin hoti pan ɽaʸma argon ho ⸀lalaʸsousin hoi anthrōpoi, apodōsousin peri autou logon en haʸmera kriseōs;)

TC-GNT Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργόν, ὃ [fn]ἐὰν λαλήσωσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἀποδώσουσι περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως.
(Legō de humin hoti pan ɽaʸma argon, ho ean lalaʸsōsin hoi anthrōpoi, apodōsousi peri autou logon en haʸmera kriseōs. )

12:36 εαν λαλησωσιν 96.2% ¦ λαλησουσιν CT 0.3%

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

but

Here, the word But introduces a development in what Jesus is saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a development, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Now]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργὸν

every word idle

Here, the word careless could indicate that the word is: (1) unproductive or useless. In other words, the word does not accomplish anything. Alternate translation: [every unproductive word] or [every word with no value] (2) hurtful to others, even if the person who said it did not intend it to be hurtful. Alternate translation: [every hurtful word] or [every damaging word]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

οἱ ἄνθρωποι

the people

Although the term men is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [men and women]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀποδώσουσιν περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον

˱they˲_/will_be/_giving_back for it /an/_account

Here, to give an account refers to giving reasons and explanations for something that one has done. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they will have to give reasons for it] or [they will have to explain it]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως

in day ˱of˲_judgment

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe a day on which judgment will happen. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [on the day when God judges everyone]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

κρίσεως

˱of˲_judgment

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when people are judged]

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