MARK 7:22 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: light-green:nominative/subject.
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 adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and folly.

UST They are sexually unfaithful to their spouses, want more than they need, and do what is evil. They trick others, fail to restrain themselves, and are jealous. They say bad things about God or others, think too highly of themselves, and are foolish.

BSB greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, [and] foolishness.

BLB covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness.

AICNT adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness,[fn] an evil eye,[fn] blasphemies,[fn] pride, foolishness.

7:22, lasciviousness: Or sensuality

7:22, an evil eye: Or envy

7:22, blasphemies: Or slanders

OEB greed, wickedness, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;

WEBBE covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

LSV thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness;

FBV greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, thoughtlessness—

TCNT theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

T4T They commit adultery, they are greedy, they act maliciously, they deceive people. They act indecently, they envy people, they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they act foolishly.

LEB adulteries, acts of greed, malicious deeds, deceit, licentiousness, _⌊envy_⌋,[fn] abusive speech, pride, foolishness.

7:22 Literally “the evil eye”

BBE The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

Moff adultery, lust, malice, deceit, sensuality, envying, slander, arrogance, recklessness,

Wymth covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:

ASV covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

DRA Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

YLT thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

Drby thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;

RV covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

SLT Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness:

Wbstr Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness;

KJB-1769 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

KJB-1611 Thefts, couetousnesse, wickednesse, deceit, lasciuiousnesse, an euill eye, blasphemie, pride, foolishnesse:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes.
(Theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolishness.)

Gnva Theftes, couetousnes, wickednes, deceite, vncleannes, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishnesse.
(Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness. )

Cvdl theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, disceate, vnclennes, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, foolishnes.
(theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.)

TNT theeft coveteousnes wickednes diceyte vnclennes and a wicked eye blasphemy pryde folysshnes:
(theft covetousness wickedness deceit uncleanness and a wicked eye blasphemy pride foolishness: )

Wycl fornycaciouns, mansleyingis, theftis, auaricis, wickidnessis, gile, vnchastite, yuel iye, blasfemyes, pride, foli.
(fornications, manslayings/murders, thefts, avaricious/greedy_for_wealth/greedy, wickednesses, guile, unchastity, evil eye, blasphemies, pride, folly.)

Luth Dieberei, Geiz, Schalkheit; List, Unzucht, Schalksauge, Gotteslästerung, Hoffart, Unvernunft.
(theft, stinginess, mischievousness; List, fornication/sexual_offense, mischievious_eye, blasphemy/profanity, pride/arrogance, unreason/stupidity.)

ClVg furta, avaritiæ, nequitiæ, dolus, impudicitiæ, oculus malus, blasphemia, superbia, stultitia.
(theft, of_greed, wickedness, trick/hoax/guile, of_immodesty, the_eye bad, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. )

UGNT μοιχεῖαι, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς, πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη.
(moiⱪeiai, pleonexiai, ponaʸriai, dolos, aselgeia, ofthalmos, ponaʸros, blasfaʸmia, huperaʸfania, afrosunaʸ.)

SBL-GNT μοιχεῖαι⸃, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη·
(moiⱪeiai⸃, pleonexiai, ponaʸriai, dolos, aselgeia, ofthalmos ponaʸros, blasfaʸmia, huperaʸfania, afrosunaʸ;)

RP-GNT κλοπαί, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη·
(klopai, pleonexiai, ponaʸriai, dolos, aselgeia, ofthalmos ponaʸros, blasfaʸmia, huperaʸfania, afrosunaʸ;)

TC-GNT κλοπαί, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη·
(klopai, pleonexiai, ponaʸriai, dolos, aselgeia, ofthalmos ponaʸros, blasfaʸmia, huperaʸfania, afrosunaʸ; )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–23: Jesus explained what makes a person unclean

This section (7:1–23) deals with the difference between ritual uncleanness and real moral uncleanness. Ritual uncleanness is external, but real uncleanness involves the inner being of a person. Mark introduced this topic by describing an incident in which the Pharisees and teachers of the law rebuked Jesus. They did this because his disciples ate without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish tradition (7:1–5).

Jesus did not respond to their rebuke directly. Instead, he gave an example of how these leaders ignored God’s law in order to follow their own traditions (7:6–13). Jesus then explained to the crowd that true uncleanness in God’s sight is not caused by external things. It is not caused by things such as food going into the body. True uncleanness is caused by sinful things that a person does or says. Those things come from a person’s inner being (7:14–23).

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Ritual uncleanness is not what causes God to consider a person unclean

Jesus teaches about what defiles a person

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 15:1–20 and Luke 11:37–39.

7:22a

greed, wickedness,

wanting to get many things to satisfy their own desires, meanness/cruelty to others,
they strongly desire more and more possessions, they do wicked/harmful things to others,

greed: The Greek word that the BSB translates as greed refers to “wanting more than one already has.” The word often has sexual connotations. It may also imply that one person takes advantage of another person in order to satisfy his own desires.Louw & Nida (page 758) define pleonexiai as “exploitation,” taking advantage of someone else out of greed. This is the sense in which the word is used in several other passages that refer to sexual greed. UBS (page 233), Cranfield (page 241) and Lane (page 257) all mention the connotations of sexual sin, and Hiebert (page 182) mentions self-gratification as a motive for the plural “acts of selfish grasping.” Most English versions translate this word as in the BSB. If your language has a word or expression that has more of the connotations of the Greek word, you should use it here.

wickedness: The Greek word that the BSB translates as wickedness refers to “doing wicked deeds.”

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

evil actions (NCV)

meanness (CEV)

7:22b

deceit, debauchery,

lying, improper and shameless sexual actions,
they tell lies and trick people, they do sexual actions openly with no shame,

deceit: The Greek word that the BSB translates as deceit refers to “lying” and “tricking people.”

debauchery: The Greek word that the BSB translates as debauchery is a general term that refers to “improper sexual behavior that is done in front of people without shame.”

7:22c

envy, slander,

envy, speaking evil about other people,
they resent other people for having good things that they themselves want, they insult people before/to others,

envy: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates here as envy is literally “evil eye.” This is a Hebrew idiom that probably means here “envy” or “jealousy.”Several commentaries say that this idiom may refer to stinginess, the opposite of generosity (Wessel page 681, Guelich page 379, Gundry page 356, Lane page 257, France page 293). However, most of these commentaries also say that envy, jealousy or covetousness are alternate meanings. Hiebert (page 182), Cranfield (page 242) and UBS (page 233) all define the word as envy. Louw & Nida (page 760) give both meanings: “envy” for Mark 7:22 and “stingy” for Matthew 20:15. All versions have either envy or jealousy. It refers to a person feeling resentful because someone else has something that he wants. It does not refer to casting evil spells.

Other languages also have idioms to express the idea of envy or jealousy.

slander: The Greek word translated slander means to “speak evil about someone,” or to “speak insultingly about someone.”

7:22d

arrogance, and foolishness.

pride, and moral foolishness.
they think that they are better than everyone else, and they do what God considers foolish/senseless.

arrogance: The Greek word that the BSB translates as arrogance refers to a proud and arrogant attitude. An arrogant person considers himself to be better and more important than other people. Other words that express this idea in English are “pride” or “haughtiness.”

foolishness: The Greek word that the BSB translates as foolishness refers to doing things that are morally foolish or senseless. It does not refer here to being intellectually stupid. In some languages the idea of moral foolishness may need to be expressed in different ways. For example:

they show their lack of wisdom

acting foolishly in God’s sight

they do things without thinking about whether God approves of those actions

General Comment on 7:21–22

Different versions translate the words in this list in various ways. Use the versions to help you find an expression that makes the meaning clear in your language. Many languages will need to translate these nouns as verbal expressions. If you do this, you may also need to use more than one sentence. For example:

^21b They think about doing evil deeds, they do sexual acts that are immoral, they steal, and they murder other people. They marry and then have sex with someone to whom they are not married. ^22aThey desire things that do not belong to them, they do harmful things to other people, ^22band they trick other people. They do sexual sins without shame, ^22cthey are envious, and they speak evil about other people. ^22dThey think they are more important than everyone else, and they do foolish things.