Matthew 18:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore if your hand or your foot offends you, cut them off and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὰ, καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ: καλόν σοί ἐστὶν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν χωλὸν ἢ κυλλὸν, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

Transliteration

If but the cheir of you or the pous of you skandalizei you, ekkopson them, and bale from you: kalon to you estin eiselthein into the zōēn chōlon or kyllon, than two cheiras or two podas echonta blēthēnai into the pyr the aiōnion.

Grammar Details

• *cheir*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - hand
• *pous*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - foot
• *skandalizei*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - causes to stumble/offends
• *ekkopson*: verb, aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular - cut off
• *bale*: verb, aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular - throw/cast
• *kalon*: adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - good/better
• *estin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is
• *eiselthein*: verb, aorist, active, infinitive - to enter
• *zōēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *chōlon*: adjective, accusative, masculine, singular - lame/crippled
• *kyllon*: adjective, accusative, masculine, singular - maimed/crippled
• *cheiras*: noun, accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *podas*: noun, accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *echonta*: participle, present, active, accusative, masculine, singular - having
• *blēthēnai*: verb, aorist, passive, infinitive - to be thrown/cast
• *pyr*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - fire
• *aiōnion*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - eternal/everlasting

Word Meanings

• *cheir*: hand/arm
• *pous*: foot/leg
• *skandalizei*: causes to stumble/offends/entices to sin
• *ekkopson*: cut off/cut out/chop off
• *bale*: throw/cast/hurl
• *kalon*: good/better/beneficial
• *eiselthein*: to enter/to go into
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *chōlon*: lame/crippled/disabled
• *kyllon*: maimed/crippled/deformed
• *echonta*: having/possessing
• *blēthēnai*: to be thrown/to be cast
• *pyr*: fire/flame
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} if{G1487} your{G4675} hand{G5495} or{G2228} your{G4675} foot{G4228} causes you{G4571} to stumble,{G4624} cut{G1581} it{G846} off,{G1581} and{G2532} cast{G906} it from{G575} you:{G4675} it is{G2076} good{G2570} for you{G4671} to enter{G1525} into{G1519} life{G2222} crippled{G2948} or{G2228} halt,{G5560} rather than{G2228} having{G2192} two{G1417} hands{G5495} or{G2228} two{G1417} feet{G4228} to be cast{G906} into{G1519} the eternal{G166} fire.{G4442}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wherefore{G1161} if{G1487} thy{G4675} hand{G5495} or{G2228} thy{G4675} foot{G4228} offend thee{G4624}{(G5719)}, cut{G1581} them{G846} off{G1581}{(G5657)}, and{G2532} cast{G906}{(G5628)} them from{G575} thee{G4571}{G4675}: it is{G2076}{(G5748)} better{G2570} for thee{G4671} to enter into{G1525}{(G5629)}{G1519} life{G2222} halt{G5560} or{G2228} maimed{G2948}, rather than{G2228} having{G2192}{(G5723)} two{G1417} hands{G5495} or{G2228} two{G1417} feet{G4228} to be cast{G906}{(G5683)} into{G1519} everlasting{G166} fire{G4442}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Wherfore yf thy honde or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast him from the. It ys better for the to enter into lyfe halt or maymed rather then thou shuldest havinge two hondes or two fete be cast into everlasting fyre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf thy hande or thy fote offende the, cut him of, and cast him from the. It is better for ye to entre in vnto life lame or crepell, the yt thou shuldest haue two hodes or two fete, and be cast in to euerlastinge fyre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foote cause thee to offend, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life, halt, or maimed, then hauing two hands, or two feete, to be cast into euerlasting fire.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If then thy hande or thy foote offende thee, cut them of, and cast them from thee. It is better for thee to enter into lyfe, halt or maymed, rather then thou shouldest, hauyng two handes, or two feete, be cast into euerlastyng fyre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast› [them] ‹from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
• Deut 13:6-8 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Rev 14:10 : 10 He shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
• Rev 20:15 : 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Luke 16:24 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
• Luke 18:22-23 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
• Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
• Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
• Matt 15:30-31 : 30 And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the mute speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel?
• Isa 2:20-21 : 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
• Isa 30:22 : 22 You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstrual cloth; you shall say to it, Be gone.
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched; 44 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched; 46 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire; 48 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
• Luke 14:26-27 : 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
• Luke 14:33 : 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.