MAT 4:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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).

ULT Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You will not test the Lord your God.’ ”

UST Jesus responded, “Again, I will not do that, because Moses wrote in the Scriptures, ‘Do not provoke the Lord your God to see what he will do.’ ”

BSB Jesus replied “It is also written: ‘Do not put [the] Lord your God {to the test}.’[fn]”

BLB Jesus said to him, "Again it has been written: 'You shall not test the Lord your God.'"

AICNT Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”[fn]

4:7, Deuteronomy 6:16

OEB § ‘Scripture also says,’ answered Jesus,
⇔ ‘“You must not tempt the Lord your God.” ’

WEBBE Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”

WMBB Yeshua said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”

NET Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘ You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

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

FBV Jesus answered, “As Scripture also says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”[fn]

4:7 Quoting Deuteronomy 6:16.

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

T4T But Jesus said, “No! I will not jump down, because in another place in the Scriptures it is written {there are these words that Moses wrote}: ‘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!’ ”

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BBE Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth "Again it is written," replied Jesus, "`Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof.'"

ASV Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

DRA Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

YLT Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

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

4.7 Elohim

RV Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou/You shalt/shall not tempt the Lord thy/your God. )

SLT Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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

KJB-1769 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou/You shalt/shall not tempt the Lord thy/your God. )

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

Bshps No Bshps MAT book available

Gnva Iesus saide vnto him, It is written againe, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto him, It is written again, Thou/You shalt/shall not tempt the Lord thy/your God. )

Cvdl No Cvdl MAT book available

TNT And Iesus sayde to hym it ys wrytten also: Thou shalt not tempte thy Lorde God.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said to him it is written also: Thou/You shalt/shall not tempt thy/your Lord God. )

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ClVg Ait illi Jesus: Rursum scriptum est: Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum.
(He_said them Yesus: Again written it_is: Not/No tentabis the_Master God your. )

UGNT ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, πάλιν γέγραπται, οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου.
(efaʸ autōi ho Yaʸsous, palin gegraptai, ouk ekpeiraseis Kurion ton Theon sou.)

SBL-GNT ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Πάλιν γέγραπται· Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου.
(efaʸ autōi ho Yaʸsous; Palin gegraptai; Ouk ekpeiraseis kurion ton theon sou.)

RP-GNT Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πάλιν γέγραπται, Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου.
(Efaʸ autōi ho Yaʸsous, Palin gegraptai, Ouk ekpeiraseis kurion ton theon sou.)

TC-GNT § Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πάλιν γέγραπται, Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου.
( § Efaʸ autōi ho Yaʸsous, Palin gegraptai, 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: writing-quotations

ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς

˓was˒_saying ˱to˲_him ¬The Jesus

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [Jesus answered]

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

πάλιν γέγραπται

again ˱it˲_˓has_been˒_written

In Matthew’s culture, it is written was a normal way to introduce a quotation from an important text, in this case, the book of Deuteronomy (see [Deuteronomy 6:16](../deu/06/16.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Jesus is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: [Again, you can read in the Scriptures] or [Again, it says in the book of Deuteronomy]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πάλιν γέγραπται

again ˱it˲_˓has_been˒_written

If your language does not use the passive form, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Again, Moses wrote this in the Scriptures]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

γέγραπται, οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου

˱it˲_˓has_been˒_written not ˱you˲_˓will_be˒_testing ˓the˒_Lord the God ˱of˲_you

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. If you do, you will need to delete the single quotation mark at the end of the second quotation. Alternate translation: [it is written that you shall not test the Lord your God]

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 author of the quotation is using a statement to give a command. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a command form. Alternate translation: [You must not test the Lord your God]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις

not ˱you˲_˓will_be˒_testing

Since the author of the quotation is addressing each specific person who is part of God’s people, the word You here is singular. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [None of you shall test]

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