MAT 5:41 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And if someone forces you to walk a mile, walk two miles with them.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 Suppose that someone requires you to carry his or her burden for one section of road. You should continue to carry that person’s burden for a second section of road.

5:41 Greek one milion; that is, a Roman mile, approximately 4,855 feet or 1,480 meters

5:41 Literally go with him two.

AICNT and whoever forces you to go one mile,[fn] go with him two.

5:41, mile: Greek milion equivalent to 4,854 feet

OEB If you are forced to carry a soldier’s pack for one mile, carry it two.

WEBBE Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

LSV And whoever will impress you one mile, go with him two;

FBV If someone demands that you go one mile, go with them two.[fn]

5:41 Probably referring to a Roman soldier demanding his belongings be carried for him.

TCNT And if anyone presses yoʋ into service for one mile, go with him two.

T4T If a military authority compels you to go with him one mile and carry his gear, go with him two miles and carry his gear.

LEB No LEB MAT book available

BBE And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth And whoever shall compel you to convey his goods one mile, go with him two.

ASV And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

DRA And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two,

YLT 'And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,

Drby And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

RV And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain.
(And whosoever shall compel thee/you to go one mile, go with him twain. )

SLT And whoever shall compel thee to carry dispatches one mile, go forward with him two.

Wbstr And whoever shall constrain thee to go one mile, go with him two.

KJB-1769 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
( And whosoever shall compel thee/you to go a mile, go with him twain. )

KJB-1611 And whosoeuer shall compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.
(And whosoever shall compell thee/you to go a mile, go with him twaine.)

Bshps No Bshps MAT book available

Gnva And whosoeuer will compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.
(And whosoever will compell thee/you to go a mile, go with him twaine. )

Cvdl No Cvdl MAT book available

TNT And whosoever wyll compell the to goo a myle goo wyth him twayne.
(And whosoever will compell the to go a myle go wyth him twayne. )

Wycl No Wycl MAT book available

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ClVg et quicumque te angariaverit mille passus, vade cum illo et alia duo.[fn]
(and whoever you(sg) angariaverit a_thousand passus, go when/with that and other two. )

5.41 Mille passus. Hoc est iter sabbati, quo designatur perfectio spiritualis: quia non licet in sabbato servile opus facere. Alia duo. Vadit et alia duo qui dum corpore tantum in servitutem redigitur, spiritu et anima, id est ratione et voluntate, redigi est paratus.

5.41 A_thousand passus. This it_is way/path sabbath, where designatur perfectio in_spiritalis: because not/no licet in/into/on sabbato slavesle work/need facere. Alia two. Vadit and other two who while corpore only in/into/on slavestutem redigitur, in_spirit and anima, id it_is ratione and voluntate, redigi it_is paratus.

UGNT καὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ’ αὐτοῦ δύο.
(kai hostis se angareusei milion hen, hupage met’ autou duo.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετʼ αὐτοῦ δύο.
(kai hostis se angareusei milion hen, hupage metʼ autou duo.)

RP-GNT καὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ' αὐτοῦ δύο.
(kai hostis se angareusei milion hen, hupage met' autou duo.)

TC-GNT καὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ δύο.
(kai hostis se angareusei milion hen, hupage meta autou duo. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ’ αὐτοῦ δύο

whoever you ˓will_be˒_compelling mile one ˓be˒_going with him two

Jesus is using a hypothetical situation to teach. Use a natural method in your language for introducing a hypothetical situation. Alternate translation: [if someone presses you into service for one mile, you should go with him two]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

σε ἀγγαρεύσει

you ˓will_be˒_compelling

Here, the phrase press you into service refers to a person in authority forcing someone else to carry his or her pack or belongings. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that makes this idea explicit. Alternate translation: [will force you to carry his pack] or [will make you act as his porter]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

σε & ὕπαγε

you & ˓be˒_going

Even though Jesus is speaking to many disciples, he is addressing an individual situation, so you is singular throughout this verse. But if the singular form would not be natural in your language for someone who is speaking to a group of people, you could use the plural form of you in your translation.

Note 4 topic: translate-bdistance

μίλιον ἕν

mile one

Here, one mile refers to the Roman mile, which was 1,000 paces. In modern measurements, this is about 4,860 feet or 1,480 meters. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or a footnote. It is not important to the meaning of the passage to be precise about the distance, so you could use round numbers. Alternate translation: [for one kilometer]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὕπαγε μετ’ αὐτοῦ δύο

˓be˒_going with him two

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [go with him two miles]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ

him

Although the term him is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [him or her]

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