Mark 7:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban"' (that is, devoted to God),

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, Ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἄνθρωπος τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, Κορβᾶν, ὅ ἐστιν, δῶρον, ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς.

Transliteration

But you legete, If eipē a man to the patri or to the mētri, Korban, which is, dōron, whatever from me you might be ōphelēthēs.

Grammar Details

• *legete*: present active, 2nd plural - you say
• *eipē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - he might say
• *patri*: dative, masculine, singular - father
• *mētri*: dative, feminine, singular - mother
• *Korban*: transliteration from Hebrew - Corban/devoted to God
• *dōron*: nominative, neuter, singular - gift/offering
• *ōphelēthēs*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might be benefited/profited

Word Meanings

• *Korban*: offering dedicated to God/consecrated gift
• *dōron*: gift/offering/present
• *ōphelēthēs*: might be benefited/helped/profited by

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mother Corban: which is: that thou desyrest of me to helpe the with is geven God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But ye saye: A ma shal saye to father or mother: Corban, that is, The thinge yt I shulde helpe the withall, is geue vnto God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But ye say, yf a man shall say to father or mother Corban (that is, by the gyft) that is offred of me, thou shalt be helped.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,› [It is] ‹Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› [he shall be free].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban{Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.}, that is to say, given to God;"'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given `to God';

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

• World English Bible (2000)

  But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God),

Referenced Verses

• Matt 23:18 : 18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is obligated.'
• 1 Tim 5:4-8 : 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. 5 The widow who is truly alone and desolate has placed her hope in God and continues in prayers and petitions night and day. 6 But the one who lives indulgently, even while living, is dead. 7 Command these things so that they may be above reproach. 8 If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.
• Matt 15:5 : 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’