MAT 5:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because I can assure you all that until heaven and earth reach their end, not one letter or mark will be taken away from the law until everything is fulfilled.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth passes away, one jot or one tittle will certainly not pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

UST Every part of the Scriptures will be authoritative as long as what God has created continues to exist. Further, the Scriptures will be authoritative until everything that their authors wrote about happens. What I have said is true.

BSB For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

BLB For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth shall pass away, not even one iota, nor one stroke of a letter, shall pass away from the law, until everything should happen.

AICNT “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or one stroke will pass from the law until [when][fn] all is accomplished.

5:18, when: Absent from some manuscripts. B(03)

OEB For I tell you, until the heavens and the earth disappear, not even the smallest letter, nor one stroke of a letter, will disappear from the Law until all is done.

WEBBE For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter[fn] or one tiny pen stroke[fn] shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

5:18 literally, iota

5:18 or, serif

WMBB For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter[fn] or one tiny pen stroke[fn] shall in any way pass away from the Torah, until all things are accomplished.

5:18 literally, iota

5:18 or, serif

NET I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

LSV for truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the Law, until all may come to pass.

FBV I assure you, until heaven and earth come to an end, not a single letter, not a single dot of the law will come to an end before everything is fulfilled.

TCNT For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter or stroke of a letter will by any means pass from the law until all is accomplished.

T4T Keep this in mind: Every point of those laws, including those points that seem least important, and even the smallest details of the laws [MTY] will surely be in effect [HYP, LIT] until the heavens and the earth disappear and until all that God told their authors to write happens.

LEB For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.

BBE Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

ASV For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

DRA For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

YLT for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

Drby For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.

RV For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

Wbstr For verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth shall pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

KJB-1769 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
( For verily/truly I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. )

KJB-1611 [fn]For verily I say vnto you, Till heauen and earth passe, one iote or one title, shall in no wise passe from the law, till all be fulfilled.
(For verily/truly I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one iote or one title, shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.)

5:18 Luke 16. 17.

Bshps For truely I say vnto you, tyll heauen and earth passe, one iotte, or one title of the lawe shall not scape, tyll all be fulfylled.
(For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one iotte, or one title of the law shall not scape, till all be fulfilled.)

Gnva For truely I say vnto you, Till heauen, and earth perish, one iote or one title of the Law shall not scape, till all things be fulfilled.
(For truly I say unto you, Till heaven, and earth perish, one iote or one title of the Law shall not scape, till all things be fulfilled. )

Cvdl For truly I saye vnto you: till heauen and earth perisshe, one iott or one tyttle of the lawe shall not escape, tyll all be fulfilled.
(For truly I say unto you: till heaven and earth perisshe, one iott or one tyttle of the law shall not escape, till all be fulfilled.)

TNT For truely I saye vnto you till heven and erth perisshe one iott or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfilled.
(For truly I say unto you till heaven and earth perish one iott or one tytle of the law shall not scape till all be fulfilled. )

Wycl Forsothe Y seie to you, til heuene and erthe passe, o lettir or o titel shal not passe fro the lawe, til alle thingis be doon.
(Forsothe I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, o lettir or o titel shall not pass from the law, till all things be doon.)

Luth Denn ich sage euch: Wahrlich, bis daß Himmel und Erde vergehe, wird nicht vergehen der kleinste Buchstabe noch ein Tüttel vom Gesetz, bis daß es alles geschehe.
(Because I said you: Wahrlich, until that heaven and earth vergehe, becomes not vergehen the/of_the kleinste Buchstabe still a Tüttel from_the law, until that it all/everything geschehe.)

ClVg Amen quippe dico vobis, donec transeat cælum et terra, jota unum aut unus apex non præteribit a lege, donec omnia fiant.[fn]
(Amen quippe dico vobis, until transeat the_sky and terra, yota one aut unus apex not/no præteribit from lege, until everything fiant. )

5.18 Iota. BEDA. Hic ostenditur, quod quæ minima putantur in lege, sacramentis spiritualibus plena sunt, et omnia, etc., usque ad quia iota decem significat, id est decalogum, cujus apex est Evangelii perfectio. Omnia fiant. Spiritualiter impleantur, vel imperfecta perficiantur, et significantia, id est impletione, consummentur.

5.18 Iota. BEDA. Hic ostenditur, that which minima putantur in lege, sacramentis spiritualibus plena are, and everything, etc., until to because iota ten significat, id it_is decalogum, cuyus apex it_is of_the_Gospels perfectio. Everything fiant. Spiritualiter impleantur, or imperfecta perficiantur, and significantia, id it_is impletione, consummentur.

UGNT ἀμὴν, γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κερέα οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται.
(amaʸn, gar legō humin, heōs an parelthaʸ ho ouranos kai haʸ gaʸ, iōta hen aʸ mia kerea ou maʸ parelthaʸ apo tou nomou, heōs an panta genaʸtai.)

SBL-GNT ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται.
(amaʸn gar legō humin, heōs an parelthaʸ ho ouranos kai haʸ gaʸ, iōta hen aʸ mia keraia ou maʸ parelthaʸ apo tou nomou, heōs an panta genaʸtai.)

TC-GNT Ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία [fn]κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται.
(Amaʸn gar legō humin, heōs an parelthaʸ ho ouranos kai haʸ gaʸ, iōta hen aʸ mia keraia ou maʸ parelthaʸ apo tou nomou, heōs an panta genaʸtai. )

5:18 κεραια ¦ κερεα WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason or basis for Jesus’ statement that he did not come to destroy the Scriptures but to fulfill them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “In fact,” or “That is because,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ

until ¬wishfully /may/_pass_away ¬the heaven and ¬the earth

Here Jesus refers to how the heaven and the earth that currently exist will pass away, and God will either renew them or make new ones. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “until this world ends” or “until God recreates the heaven and the earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ

¬the heaven and ¬the earth

Here, Jesus is referring to all of the created world by naming the parts that are at the extreme ends of it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “all creation” or “the universe”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κερέα

Iota one or one (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται)

A jot is a very small letter or character used in writing. A tittle is a small part of a letter or character. If your readers would not be familiar with these terms, you could use the names of the smallest parts of the writing system in your area or you could use more general terms. Alternate translation: “one word or one part of a word” or “one character or stroke in a character”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κερέα

The terms jot and tittle mean similar things. Jesus is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “one jot” or “one tittle”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐ μὴ

by_no_means not

The words translated certainly not are two negative words. In this construction, the second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. Instead, it gives greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use two negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: “by no means”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ νόμου

the law

Here, the phrase the law could refer to: (1) the Old Testament Scriptures in general, just as the phrases “the law” and “the prophets” in 5:17 refer to the Old Testament Scriptures. Alternate translation: “the law and the prophets” or “the Old Testament” (2) just the law, which is the first five books of the Old Testament. Alternate translation: “the Old Testament law” or “the law in the Scriptures”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πάντα γένηται

all_‹things› /may/_become

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. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “all things take place” or “they accomplish all things”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πάντα

all_‹things›

Here, the phrase all things could refer to: (1) everything that is written in the law. Alternate translation: “all things written in the law” (2) everything that God has planned for this world and history. Alternate translation: “all things that God has planned” or “all things that will happen in this world”

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