MAT 5:37 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Just say ‘yes’ when you commit to doing something, and ‘no’ when you don’t, because going beyond that is actually evil.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, 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 But let your word be ‘Yes, yes,’ or ‘No, no.’ But anything greater than this is from the evil one.

UST When you promise something, just say ‘Yes, I will do it,’ or ‘No, I will not do it.’ When you say more to guarantee what you promised, you are doing what Satan wants you to do.

BSB Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.[fn]

BLB But let your statement 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and 'No,' 'No.' Anything more than these comes from evil.

AICNT But let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything more than this is from the evil one.

OEB Let your words be simply “Yes” or “No”; anything beyond this comes from what is evil.

WEBBE But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.

LSV but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil [one].

FBV Simply say yes or no—more than this comes from the evil one.

TCNT But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No’; for whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

T4T If you talk about doing something, just say ‘Yes, I will do it,’ or ‘No, I will not do it.’ If you say anything more than that, it is from Satan, the Evil One.”

LEB But let your statement be ‘Yes, yes; no, no,’ and anything beyond these is from the evil one.[fn]
¶

5:37 Or “is of evil”

BBE But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth But let your language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.

ASV But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

DRA But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

YLT but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

Drby But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

RV But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

Wbstr But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.

KJB-1769 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
( But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh/comes of evil. )

KJB-1611 [fn]But let your communication bee Yea, yea: Nay, nay: For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.
(But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay: For whatsoever is more then these, cometh/comes of evil.)

5:37 Iam.5.12.

Bshps But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euyll.
(But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoever is more then these, cometh/comes of evil.)

Gnva But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.
(But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoever is more then these, cometh/comes of evil. )

Cvdl But your communicacion shalbe, yee, yee: nay, nay. For what soeuer is more then that, commeth of euel.
(But your communicacion shalbe, ye/you_all, ye/you_all: nay, nay. For what soever is more then that, cometh/comes of euel.)

TNT But your communicacion shalbe ye ye: nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then that cometh of yvell.
(But your communicacion shall be ye/you_all ye/you_all: nay nay. For whatsoever is more then that cometh/comes of yvell. )

Wycl but be youre word, Yhe, yhe; Nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of yuel.
(but be your(pl) word, Yhe, yhe; Nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of evil.)

Luth Eure Rede aber sei: Ja, ja; nein, nein; was darüber ist, das ist vom Übel.
(Eure Rede but sei: Ya, ja; nein, nein; what/which darüber is, the is from_the Übel.)

ClVg Sit autem sermo vester, est, est: non, non: quod autem his abundantius est, a malo est.[fn]
(Sit however sermo vester, it_is, it_is: non, non: that however his abundantius it_is, from malo it_is. )

5.37 Est, est; non, non. Ideo bis dicit, ut quod ore dicis, operibus probes. Quod verbis negas, factis non comprobes vel confirmes. Non penitus jurare prohibuit, sed occasione perjurii. Quod perfectius est docuit ostendens quod ulterius est a malo esse. Apostolus jurat, ut fidem persuadeat: Ecclesia etiam pro fœdere pacis ac fidei suos jurare concedit. Sed Christus quod perfectius est docuit, quod infirmitatis indulsit, quod superstitiosum resecavit. Veritas Evangelii juramentum non recipit, sed alterius infirmitas id cogit, dum veritati non credit. A malo est. Non quidem malum, quia etsi non bonum, tamen necessarium, sed a malo est, non tuo sed illius a quo cogeris jurare, id est, ab infirmitate illius quæ malum est.

5.37 Est, est; non, non. Ideo twice dicit, as that ore dicis, operibus probes. That verbis negas, factis not/no comprobes or confirmes. Non penitus yurare prohibuit, but occasione peryurii. That perfectius it_is docuit ostendens that ulterius it_is from malo esse. Apostolus yurat, as faith persuadeat: Ecclesia also for fœdere pacis ac of_faith suos yurare concedit. But Christus that perfectius it_is docuit, that infirmitatis indulsit, that superstitiosum resecavit. Veritas of_the_Gospels yuramentum not/no recipit, but alterius infirmitas id cogit, dum veritati not/no he_believes. A malo it_is. Non indeed evil, because etsi not/no bonum, tamen necessarium, but from malo it_is, not/no tuo but illius from quo cogeris yurare, id it_is, away infirmitate illius which evil it_is.

UGNT ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ; τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.
(estō de ho logos humōn, nai nai, ou ou; to de perisson toutōn ek tou ponaʸrou estin.)

SBL-GNT ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.
(estō de ho logos humōn nai nai, ou ou; to de perisson toutōn ek tou ponaʸrou estin.)

TC-GNT Ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.
(Estō de ho logos humōn, nai nai, ou ou; to de perisson toutōn ek tou ponaʸrou estin. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

Here, the word But introduces a contrast with what Jesus tells the disciples not to do in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Instead,” or “Rather,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

ἔστω & ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν

let_be & the statement ˱of˲_you_all

If your language does not use the third-person imperative in this way, you could state this in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “your word should be” or “you should only say”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν

the statement ˱of˲_you_all

Here, word represents what a person says using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what you say”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ

yes_‹be› yes no_‹be› no

Here Jesus implies that a person is using the word yes to make a promise to say or do something and the word no to make a promise not to say or do something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “‘yes I will’ or ‘no I will not’”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ & περισσὸν τούτων

the & additional_‹than› these_‹things›

Here Jesus is referring to saying anything more than yes or no when making a promise. He is particularly referring to swearing an oath. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “using more words in your promise” or “including an oath”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ πονηροῦ

¬the evil

Here, the phrase the evil one could refer to: (1) the devil, or Satan. Alternate translation: “the devil” (2) evil in general. Alternate translation: “an evil source” or “what is evil”

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