Mark 7:11

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.

📖 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

• 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),

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but{G1161} ye{G5210} say,{G3004} If{G1437} a man{G444} shall say{G2036} to his father{G3962} or{G2228} his mother,{G3384} That{G3739} wherewith{G1437} thou mightest have been profited{G5623} by{G3739} me{G1700} is Corban,{G2878} that{G3739} is to say,{G2076} Given{G1435} [to God];

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But{G1161} ye{G5210} say{G3004}{(G5719)}, If{G1437} a man{G444} shall say{G2036}{(G5632)} to his father{G3962} or{G2228} mother{G3384}, It is Corban{G2878}, that is to say{G3603}, a gift{G1435}, by{G1537} whatsoever{G3739}{G1437} thou mightest be profited by{G5623}{(G5686)} me{G1700}; 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, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty.
• 1 Tim 5:4-8 : 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. 7 And these things command, that they may be blameless. 8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
• Matt 15:5 : 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;