MAT 8:6 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, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
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 and saying, “Lord, my servant has been lying in the house paralyzed, being tormented terribly.”

UST He said, “Lord, one of my servants is lying in bed at my home because he cannot move. He is suffering very much. Please help him.”

BLB and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."

AICNT and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, terribly tormented.”

OEB ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.’

WEBBE saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralysed, grievously tormented.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

LSV and saying, “Lord, my young man has been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,”

FBV “Lord, my servant is at home, lying down, unable to move. He's in terrible agony.”

TCNT saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.”

T4T He said to him, “Sir, my servant is lying in bed at home and is paralyzed, and he has severe pain.”

LEB and saying, “Lord, my slave[fn] is lying paralyzed in my[fn] house, terribly tormented!”

8:6 Traditionally “servant”; the Greek term here is one often used of a slave who was regarded with some degree of affection, possibly a personal servant (the parallel passage in Luke 7:7 |link-href="None"uses the more common term for slave)

8:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

BBE Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

Moff saying, "Sir, my servant is lying ill at home with paralysis, in terrible agony."

Wymth "Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

ASV and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

DRA And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.

YLT and saying, 'Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,'

Drby and saying, Lord, my servant lies paralytic in the house, suffering grievously.

RV and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
(and saying, Lord, my servant lieth/lies in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. )

SLT And saying, Lord, my servant has been laid up in the house a paralytic, being grievously tormented.

Wbstr And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick with the palsy, grievously tormented.

KJB-1769 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
(And saying, Lord, my servant lieth/lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. )

KJB-1611 And saying, Lord, my seruant lieth at home sicke of the palsie, grieuously tormented.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And saying: Lorde, my seruaunt lyeth at home sicke of the paulsie, greeuously payned.
(And saying: Lord, my servant lieth/lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously payned.)

Gnva And saide, Master, my seruant lieth sicke at home of the palsie, and is grieuously pained.
(And said, Master, my servant lieth/lies sick at home of the palsy, and is grievously pained. )

Cvdl sayinge: Syr, my seruaunt lyeth sicke at home of the palsye, and ys greuously payned.
(saying: Sir, my servant lieth/lies sick at home of the palsy, and is greuously payned.)

TNT Master my seruaunt lyeth sicke at home of the palsye and ys greuously payned.
(Master my servant lieth/lies sick at home of the palsy and is greuously payned. )

Wycl and seide, Lord, my childe lijth in the hous sijk on the palesie, and is yuel turmentid.
(and said, Lord, my child lijth in the house sick on the palesie, and is evil tormented.)

Luth und sprach: HErr, mein Knecht liegt zu Hause und ist gichtbrüchig und hat große Qual.
(and spoke: LORD, my servant/farmhand lies(v) to/for house and is gichtbrüchig and has large Qual.)

ClVg et dicens: Domine, puer meus jacet in domo paralyticus, et male torquetur.
(and saying: Master, child mine yacet in/into/on at_home paralyticus, and male torquetur. )

UGNT καὶ λέγων, Κύριε, ὁ παῖς μου βέβληται ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ παραλυτικός, δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος.
(kai legōn, Kurie, ho pais mou beblaʸtai en taʸ oikia paralutikos, deinōs basanizomenos.)

SBL-GNT καὶ λέγων· Κύριε, ὁ παῖς μου βέβληται ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ παραλυτικός, δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος.
(kai legōn; Kurie, ho pais mou beblaʸtai en taʸ oikia paralutikos, deinōs basanizomenos.)

RP-GNT καὶ λέγων, Κύριε, ὁ παῖς μου βέβληται ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ παραλυτικός, δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος.
(kai legōn, Kurie, ho pais mou beblaʸtai en taʸ oikia paralutikos, deinōs basanizomenos.)

TC-GNT καὶ λέγων, Κύριε, ὁ παῖς μου βέβληται ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ παραλυτικός, δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος.
(kai legōn, Kurie, ho pais mou beblaʸtai en taʸ oikia paralutikos, deinōs basanizomenos. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:5–13: Jesus healed a Roman army officer’s servant

This section tells the story of a Roman officer who had greater faith than many Jews. This Gentile officer believed that Jesus had the power to heal his servant, even from a distance. Matthew used this story to show Jesus’ power. He also used this story to show that believing Gentiles would also be in the kingdom of God.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The faith of a centurion

A believing Roman army officer

A Roman officer shows he believes strongly in Jesus’ power

There is a parallel passage for this section in Luke 7:1–10.

8:6a–b

Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony: As in 8:2b, this statement was a polite way for the centurion to ask Jesus to help him. In some languages, it may be necessary to make this request explicit. For example:

Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony. Please do something for him.

In other languages, the verb for “pleaded” in 8:5b will be enough to show that the centurion was asking Jesus for help.

8:6a

“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed

He said, “Lord, my servant is lying down at the house. He is paralyzed
He said, “Sir, I have a servant boy who is very sick. He is at my house in bed and cannot move his body.

Lord: You should translate the word Lord here as you did in 8:2b.

my servant: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as my servant literally means “my male child.” In this context, the phrase probably indicates that the servant was not yet an adult and that the centurion liked him.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

my well-liked servant

my young servant (NLT)

lies: The Greek word that the BSB translates as lies indicates how sick the servant was. He did not just have a type of paralysis where he could sit. He was sick enough that he had to lie down. You should use an expression in your language that indicates this.

Here are some other ways to translate this:

lies in bed (NLT)

is sick in bed (GNT)

at home: The phrase at home refers to the home of the centurion. It does not refer to the servant’s home. The servant probably lived at the home of the centurion. The servant may have had a room, but he probably did not have his own house. So if you need to specify whose home it was, you should say:

at my home/house

paralyzed: The Greek word that the BSB translates as paralyzed means that the servant was not able to move all or part of his body.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

He can’t move his body (NCV)

he can’t even move (CEV)

8:6b

and in terrible agony.”

and is suffering severely.”
He is in much/extreme pain. Please heal him.”

in terrible agony: This phrase indicates that the servant’s condition caused him much pain and suffering.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

suffering much

is in much pain (NCV)

his condition is very serious

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

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

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

παραλυτικός

paralytic

People who is paralyzed are not able to use or control some or all of their arms and legs because of injury or sickness. If your readers would not be familiar with this sickness, you could use the name of something like this in your language, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [and cannot move his limbs]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος

terribly ˓being˒_tormented

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. Alternate translation: [suffering much] or [being greatly in pain]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit