MAT 4:3 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT And having approached, the one tempting said to him, “If you are the Son of God, speak so that these stones might become loaves.”

UST Then the devil arrived. He wanted to make Jesus sin. He said to Jesus, “Show me that you really are God’s Son. Command these stones to become loaves of bread for you to eat.”

BSB § The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

BLB And the one tempting, having come to Him, said "If You are Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread."

AICNT And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

OEB The Tempter came to him, and said:
⇔ ‘If you are God’s Son, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.’

WEBBE The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

LSV And the tempting [one], having come to Him, said, “If You are the Son of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.”

FBV The tempter came and said to him, “If you really are the Son of God, order these stones to turn into bread.”

TCNT Then the tempter came up [fn]to him and said, “If yoʋ are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

4:3 to him and said ¦ and said to him CT

T4T Satan, the tempter, came to him and said, “Because you claim that you have a relationship with God as a son has with his father [MET], prove it by commanding these stones to become bread so that you can eat them!”

LEB And the tempter approached and[fn] said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread.”

4:3 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

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Wymth So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves."

ASV And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

DRA And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

YLT And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God — speak that these stones may become loaves.'

Drby And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of [fn]God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

4.3 Elohim

RV And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

Wbstr And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou art the son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

KJB-1769 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
(And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou/you be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. )

KJB-1611 And when the tempter came to him, hee said, If thou be the sonne of God, command that these stones bee made bread.
(And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou/you be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread.)

Bshps And when the tempter came to hym, he sayde: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde that these stones be made breade.
(And when the tempter came to him, he said: If thou/you be the son of God, command that these stones be made breade.)

Gnva Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Sonne of God, commande that these stones be made bread.
(Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou/you be the Son of God, commande that these stones be made bread. )

Cvdl And the tepter came to him and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God, commaunde, that these stones be made breed.
(And the tepter came to him and said: if thou/you be the son of God, commaunde, that these stones be made breed.)

TNT Then came to hym the tempter and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed.
(Then came to him the tempter and said: if thou/you be the son of God command that these stones be made breed. )

Wyc And the tempter cam nyy, and seide to hym, If thou art Goddis sone, seie that thes stoones be maad looues.
(And the tempter came nyy, and said to him, If thou/you art Goddis son, say that thes stones be made loaves.)

Luth Und der Versucher trat zu ihm und sprach: Bist du Gottes Sohn, so sprich, daß diese Steine Brot werden.
(And the/of_the Versucher stepped to him and spoke: Bist you God’s son, so sprich, that this/these Steine bread become.)

ClVg Et accedens tentator dixit ei: Si Filius Dei es, dic ut lapides isti panes fiant.[fn]
(And accedens tentator he_said ei: When/But_if Son of_God es, dic as lapides isti panes fiant. )

4.3 Et accedens. Quia esuries est signum infirmitatis. Et sic nobis in abstinentia non deest tentatio. Per exteriorem infirmitatem Christum tentat in quo nullam legem peccati inveniebat. Si Filius Dei es. Aliud horum explorantis est, aliud tentantis, dum Deum confiteri videtur, et hujusmodi illudere conatur. Sic enim tentat ut exploret quod veretur. Sic explorat, ut tentando decipiat. Si Filius Dei es. Noverat Filium Dei venisse in mundum, seu per prophetas seu per angelos nuntiantes, seu per Joannem demonstrantem: sed quia humilia in eo videbat, quod de Deitate suspicatus est, ex superbia ei in dubium venit. Unde et callide exquirit: Nec indignum fuit Christum tentari qui venerat occidi, ut tentationes superando nobis potestatem daret superandi tentationes, sicut sua morte abstulit nostram mortalitatem. RAB. Christus non nisi post baptismum se tentari permisit, insinuans ad se euntes graviores passuros, etc., usque ad Christus vero sola suggestione tentatus fuit: quia delectatio peccati mentem ejus non momordit.

4.3 And accedens. Because esuries it_is signum infirmitatis. And so us in abstinentia not/no deest tentatio. Per exteriorem infirmitatem Christum tentat in quo nullam legem peccati inveniebat. When/But_if Son of_God es. Aliud horum explorantis it_is, something_else tentantis, dum God confiteri videtur, and huyusmodi illudere conatur. So because tentat as exploret that veretur. So explorat, as tentando decipiat. When/But_if Son of_God es. Noverat Son of_God venisse in the_world, seu through prophetas seu through angelos nuntiantes, seu through Yoannem demonstrantem: but because humilia in eo videbat, that about of_Godtate suspicatus it_is, from superbia to_him in dubium venit. Unde and callide exquirit: Nec indignum fuit Christum tentari who venerat occidi, as tentationes superando us potestatem would_give superandi tentationes, like his_own morte abstook nostram mortalitatem. RAB. Christus not/no nisi after baptismum se tentari permisit, insinuans to se euntes graviores passuros, etc., until to Christus vero sola suggestione tentatus fuit: because delectatio peccati mentem his not/no momordit.

UGNT καὶ προσελθὼν, ὁ πειράζων εἶπεν αὐτῷ, εἰ Υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται.
(kai proselthōn, ho peirazōn eipen autōi, ei Huios ei tou Theou, eipe hina hoi lithoi houtoi artoi genōntai.)

SBL-GNT καὶ προσελθὼν ⸂ὁ πειράζων εἶπεν αὐτῷ⸃· Εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται.
(kai proselthōn ⸂ho peirazōn eipen autōi⸃; Ei huios ei tou theou, eipe hina hoi lithoi houtoi artoi genōntai.)

TC-GNT Καὶ προσελθὼν [fn]αὐτῷ ὁ πειράζων εἶπεν, Εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, [fn]εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται.
(Kai proselthōn autōi ho peirazōn eipen, Ei huios ei tou Theou, eipe hina hoi lithoi houtoi artoi genōntai. )

4:3 αυτω ο πειραζων ειπεν ¦ ο πειραζων ειπεν αυτω CT

4:3 ειπε ¦ ειπον WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ πειράζων

the_‹one› tempting

Here, the phrase the one tempting refers to the devil, whom Matthew already mentioned in 4:1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the one tempting, the devil,” or “the devil, who was tempting him,”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

εἰ Υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται

if /the/_Son ˱you˲_are ¬the ˱of˲_God speak that the stones these loaves /may/_become

The devil is suggesting that this is a hypothetical condition, that the stones will only become loaves if Jesus is the Son of God. The devil is speaking as if it is uncertain who Jesus is in order to challenge him to do this miracle to prove that he really is the Son of God. Use a natural form in your language for introducing something that could be true. Alternate translation: “Prove that you are the Son of God by speaking so that these stones might become loaves”

Note 3 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

Υἱὸς & τοῦ Θεοῦ

/the/_Son & ¬the ˱of˲_God

The phrase Son of God is an important title for Jesus.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται

speak that the stones these loaves /may/_become

Here the devil wants Jesus to tell the stones to become bread. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “tell these stones to become bread” or “speak words that make these stones become bread”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται

speak that the stones these loaves /may/_become

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: “speak to these stones, ‘Become bread!’”

Parallel MAT 4:3