MAT 15:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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

UST You say that you obey God, but you really do not! Isaiah the prophet was right when God spoke through him about you,

AICNT “Hypocrites,[fn] Isaiah prophesied well about you, saying,

15:7, Hypocrites: “Hypocrites” is in the vocative indicating the Pharisees and scribes are being addressed.

OEB Hypocrites! It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you –

WEBBE You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

LSV Hypocrites, Isaiah prophesied well of you, saying,

FBV You hypocrites! How well Isaiah described you when he prophesied:

TCNT Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said,

T4T You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said,

LEB Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

BBE You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

Moff You hypocrites! Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you when he said,

Wymth Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,

ASV Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

DRA Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:

YLT 'Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

Drby Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

RV Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
(Ye/You_all hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, )

SLT Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

Wbstr Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

KJB-1769 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
( Ye/You_all hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, )

KJB-1611 Yee hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecie of you, saying,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Hypocrites, full well dyd Esayas prophecie of you, saying:
(Hypocrites, full well did Esayas prophesy of you, saying:)

Gnva O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,
(Oh hypocrites, Esaias prophesied well of you, saying, )

Cvdl Ye ypocrites, full well hath Esaye prophecied of you, & sayde:
(Ye/You_all hypocrites, full well hath/has Esaye prophesied of you, and said:)

TNT Ypocrites well prophesyed of you Esay sayinge:
(Ypocrites well prophesyed of you Esay saying: )

Wycl Ypocritis, Isaie, the prophete, prophesiede wel of you,
(Ypocritis, Isaie, the prophet, prophesiede well of you,)

Luth Ihr Heuchler, es hat wohl Jesaja von euch geweissaget und gesprochen:
(You(pl) Heuchler, it has probably/well Yesaya from you geprophesies(v) and spoken:)

ClVg Hypocritæ, bene prophetavit de vobis Isaias, dicens:[fn]
(Hypocritæ, well prophesied from/about to_you(pl) Isaiahs, saying: )

15.7 Bene prophetavit, etc. In spiritu simulationem Judæorum, quod in dolo repugnarent Evangelio.

15.7 Well prophesied, etc. In in_spirit at_the_same_timeationem Yudahorum, that in/into/on trickery repugnarent Evangelio.

UGNT ὑποκριταί! καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας λέγων,
(hupokritai! kalōs eprofaʸteusen peri humōn Aʸsaias legōn,)

SBL-GNT ὑποκριταί, καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας λέγων·
(hupokritai, kalōs eprofaʸteusen peri humōn Aʸsaias legōn;)

RP-GNT ὑποκριταί, καλῶς προεφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας, λέγων,
(hupokritai, kalōs proefaʸteusen peri humōn Aʸsaias, legōn,)

TC-GNT ὑποκριταί, καλῶς [fn]προεφήτευσε περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας, λέγων,
(hupokritai, kalōs proefaʸteuse peri humōn Aʸsaias, legōn, )

15:7 προεφητευσε ¦ επροφητευσε CT

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–20: The deeds that make someone unclean in God’s eyes

Over the years, Jewish religious leaders added many oral rules to God’s written laws. The Pharisees and teachers of the law considered these oral rules (also called traditions) to be as important as God’s written laws. One of their rules was that a person must wash his hands a certain way before he ate food. If a Jew did not follow this rule before he ate, they considered him ceremonially “unclean.” This meant that they did not allow him to worship God in public for a certain amount of time. Jesus made it clear that there was something far more important than how a person washed his hands. The important thing was the condition of his heart.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus Challenges the Pharisees’ Traditions (GW)

Jesus Teaches about Inner Purity/Cleanliness

There are parallel passages for this section in Mark 7:1–23 and Luke 11:37–39.

15:7a

You hypocrites!

You are pretenders!
You who act like you are good!

You hypocrites: The Greek word that the BSB translates as hypocrites literally refers to actors (in the theater). Figuratively it refers to people who pretend to be people that they are not. They say that they believe one thing, but they do something different from what they say. Or they appear religious or spiritual on the outside, but they do not have hearts that desire to please God.

In this context, Jesus was referring to Pharisees who said that they carefully followed the word of God. But in reality, they broke certain commandments.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

You who act like you obey God!

You pretend to be good.

This word first occurs in 6:2. It also occurs in 7:5.

15:7b

Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Isaiah spoke correctly about you^(plur) when he spoke this message which God said:
The thing that God said through the prophet Isaiah about you was very true. He said that

Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: In Greek, this clause is more literally: “Isaiah prophesied correctly concerning you saying…” Isaiah’s prophecy was God’s words to the religious hypocrites of that time. But the prophecy was also fitting for the religious hypocrites of Jesus’ time.

God gave the words in 15:8–9 to Isaiah, and Isaiah spoke them to the people. You may want to make it clear that God is speaking in 15:8–9. For example:

Isaiah’s prophecy really applies to you in which God said

Isaiah prophesied correctly about you. God’s words were:

Isaiah: Isaiah is the name of a prophet. He lived many years before the time of Jesus.

prophesied: This verb means “spoke a message from God.” God told Isaiah something that only God knew, and Isaiah then told the people.

Here are some other ways to translate this verb:

spoke God’s message

proclaimed God’s words

In some languages, it may be more natural to change this verb to the noun “prophet” and a verb such as “spoke.” For example:

the prophet Isaiah spoke/said

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καλῶς

rightly

Here, Jesus' use of the word well indicates that he believed that what Isaiah prophesied about the scribes and Pharisees accurately describes them. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [accurately] or [truly]

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Here Jesus introduces a quotation from the Old Testament scriptures, specifically from [Isaiah 29:13](../isa/29/13.md). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a quotation from an important text, and you could include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [saying in the book of Isaiah] or [as it is written]

Parallel MAT 15:7

Section 15:1–20: The deeds that make someone unclean in God’s eyes

15:7a

15:7b