MARK 12:20 Parallel Verse View

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ULT There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and dying, did not leave seed,

UST So here is an example: There were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married a woman, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Then he later died.

BSB Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

BLB There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no seed.

AICNT There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no offspring;

OEB There were once seven brothers. The eldest married, but died and left no family;

WEBBE There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

LSV There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

FBV Once there were seven brothers. The first one got married, and then died without having children.

TCNT Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no offspring.

T4T So here is an example. There were seven boys in one family. The oldest one married a woman, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Then he later died.

LEB There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife. And when he[fn] died, he did not leave descendants.

12:20 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“died”) which is understood as temporal

BBE There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

Moff No Moff MARK book available

Wymth There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

ASV There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

DRA Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.

YLT 'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

Drby There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

RV There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

Wbstr Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

KJB-1769 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
(Now there were seven brethren/brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. )

KJB-1611 Now there were seuen brethren: and the first tooke a wife, and dying left no seede.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps There were seuen brethren: and the first toke a wyfe, and when he dyed, left no seede behynde hym.
(There were seven brethren/brothers: and the first took a wife, and when he died, left no seed behind him.)

Gnva There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.
(There were seven brethren/brothers, and the first took a wife, and when he died, left no issue. )

Cvdl Now were there seuen brethren: the first toke a wife, and dyed, and left no sede:
(Now were there seven brethren/brothers: the first took a wife, and died, and left no sede:)

TNT Ther were seven brethren: and the fyrst toke a wyfe and when he dyed leeft no seed behynde him.
(Ther were seven brethren/brothers: and the first took a wife and when he died left no seed behind him. )

Wycl Thanne seuene britheren ther weren; and the firste took a wijf, and diede, and lefte no seed.
(Then seven brethren/brothers there weren; and the first took a wife, and died, and left no seed.)

Luth Nun sind sieben Brüder gewesen. Der erste nahm ein Weib; der starb und ließ keinen Samen.
(Now are seven brothers gewesen. The first took a Weib; the/of_the died and left/let none seed/seeds.)

ClVg Septem ergo fratres erant: et primus accepit uxorem, et mortuus est non relicto semine.[fn]
(Septem therefore brothers erant: and primus accepit wife, and dead it_is not/no relicto semine. )

12.20 Septem ergo, etc. ID. Turpitudinem fabulæ opponunt, ut resurrectionem negent. Sed mystice, septem fratres sine filiis defuncti, omnibus reprobis congruunt: qui per totam vitam (quæ septem diebus volvitur) a bono opere steriles sunt, quibus viritim morientibus ad ultimum et ipsa mundana conversatio moritur, id est, transit, quasi uxor infecunda, quam illi sine fructu boni operis exegerunt. HIER. Mulier sterilis, nec relinquens semen ex septem fratribus, etc., usque ad quia initium sapientiæ timor Domini.

12.20 Septem therefore, etc. ID. Turpitudinem fabulæ opponunt, as resurrectionem negent. But mystice, seven brothers without childrens defuncti, to_all reprobis congruunt: who through totam life (which seven days volvitur) from bono opere steriles are, to_whom viritim morientibus to ultimum and herself mundana conversatio moritur, id it_is, transit, as_if wife infecunda, how illi without fructu boni operis exegerunt. HIER. Mulier sterilis, but_not relinquens seed from seven fratribus, etc., until to because initium sapientiæ timor Master.

UGNT ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν; καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων, οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα;
(hepta adelfoi aʸsan; kai ho prōtos elaben gunaika, kai apothnaʸskōn, ouk afaʸken sperma;)

SBL-GNT ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα·
(hepta adelfoi aʸsan; kai ho prōtos elaben gunaika, kai apothnaʸskōn ouk afaʸken sperma;)

TC-GNT [fn]Ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβε γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκε σπέρμα·
(Hepta adelfoi aʸsan; kai ho prōtos elabe gunaika, kai apothnaʸskōn ouk afaʸke sperma; )

12:20 επτα ¦ επτα ουν ANT SCR

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν; καὶ ὁ πρῶτος

seven brothers ˱there˲_were and the first

Here the Sadducees use an imaginary situation to set up a question they want to ask Jesus. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: [Now imagine a family with seven brothers. The first]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ πρῶτος

the first

The Sadducees are using the number first as a noun to mean the first brother. Your language may use numbers in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the first brother] or [the oldest brother]

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

ὁ πρῶτος

the first

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [brother number one]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα

took /a/_wife

Here, the phrase took a wife indicates that the man got married. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [got married] or [married someone]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

σπέρμα

seed

Here, the Sadducees are speaking of offspring as if they were seed. See how you translated the similar use of this word in 12:19. Alternate translation: [offspring]

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