MARK 12:27 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You Sadducees are very wrong!”

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 He is not a God of the dead, but of the living. You are being quite deceived.”

UST Now it is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. So when you say that dead people do not become alive again, you are very wrong.”

BSB He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

AICNT He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; [[therefore]][fn] you are greatly mistaken.”

12:27, therefore: Some manuscripts include.

OEB He is not God of dead people, but of living. You are greatly mistaken.’

WEBBE He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

LSV He is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; you then go greatly astray.”

FBV He's not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are completely mistaken!”

TCNT He is not the God of the dead, but [fn]the God of the living. You have [fn]therefore made a serious error.”

12:27 the God ¦ — ANT CT

12:27 therefore 87.9% ¦ — CT 0.5%

T4T It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive! So your claim that dead people do not become alive again is very wrong.”

LEB He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!”
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BBE He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.

Moff No Moff MARK book available

Wymth He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."

ASV He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

DRA He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.

YLT he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'

Drby He is not the [fn]God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. Ye therefore greatly err.

12.27 Elohim

RV He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

Wbstr He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

KJB-1769 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
( He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye/you_all therefore do greatly err. )

KJB-1611 Hee is not the God of the dead, but the God of the liuing: yee therefore doe greatly erre.
(He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye/you_all therefore do greatly erre.)

Bshps He is not the God of the dead, but God of the lyuyng. Ye therefore do greatly erre.
(He is not the God of the dead, but God of the living. Ye/You_all therefore do greatly erre.)

Gnva God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.
(God is not ye/you_all God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye/You_all are therefore greatly deceived. )

Cvdl Yet is not God a God of the deed, but of the lyuynge. Therfore ye erre greatly.
(Yet is not God a God of the dead, but of the living. Therefore ye/you_all erre greatly.)

TNT He is not the God of the deed but the God of the livynge. Ye are therfore greatly deceaved.
(He is not the God of the dead but the God of the living. Ye/You_all are therefore greatly deceived. )

Wycl He is not God of deed men, but of lyuynge men; therfor ye erren myche.
(He is not God of dead men, but of living men; therefore ye/you_all erren much.)

Luth GOtt aber ist nicht der Toten, sondern der Lebendigen GOtt. Darum irret ihr sehr.
(God but is not the/of_the Toten, rather the/of_the Lebendigen God. Therefore irret you/their/her sehr.)

ClVg Non est Deus mortuorum, sed vivorum. Vos ergo multum erratis.
(Non it_is God mortuorum, but vivorum. Vos therefore multum erratis. )

UGNT οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων. πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
(ouk estin Theos nekrōn, alla zōntōn. polu planasthe.)

SBL-GNT οὐκ ἔστιν ⸀θεὸς νεκρῶν ⸀ἀλλὰ ζώντων· ⸀πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
(ouk estin ⸀theos nekrōn ⸀alla zōntōn; ⸀polu planasthe.)

TC-GNT Οὐκ ἔστιν [fn]ὁ Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ [fn]Θεὸς ζώντων· [fn]ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
(Ouk estin ho Theos nekrōn, alla Theos zōntōn; humeis oun polu planasthe. )

12:27 ο ¦ — CT

12:27 θεος ¦ — ANT CT

12:27 υμεις ουν 87.9% ¦ — CT 0.5%

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 / ellipsis

οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων

not is God ˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “God is not a God of the dead, but he is a God of the living”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων

not is God ˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living

Here Jesus implies that, although Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had already died by the time God spoke these words, God still called himself their God. Since God is not a God of the dead, but of the living, this means that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must be alive again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “God is not of the dead, but of the living, so Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must live again after they died”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐκ & Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων

not & God ˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two phrases here. Alternate translation: “a God of the living, not of the dead”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων

˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe the God whom the living, not the dead, worship. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “honored by the dead, but by the living”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

νεκρῶν & ζώντων

˱of˲_/the/_dead & ˱of˲_/the/_living

Jesus is using the adjectives dead and living as nouns to mean people who are dead and living. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “of dead people … of living people”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πολὺ πλανᾶσθε

much ˱you_all˲_/are_being/_strayed

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 does the action, it is clear from the context that it is they themselves. Alternate translation: “You are misunderstanding much” or “You are deceiving yourselves much”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

πολὺ πλανᾶσθε

much ˱you_all˲_/are_being/_strayed

Because Jesus is speaking to the Sadducees, the word You here is plural.

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