Matthew 18:7

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Wo be vnto the world because of offences. How be it it cannot be avoided but yt offences shalbe geven. Neverthelesse woo be to ye man by who the offence cometh.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων! ἀνάγκη γάρ ἐστιν ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα· πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ διʼ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται!

Transliteration

Ouai to the kosmō from the skandalōn! anagkē for estin elthein the skandala; plēn ouai to the anthrōpō ekeinō through whom the skandalon erchetai!

Grammar Details

• *Ouai*: interjection - woe
• *kosmō*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - world
• *skandalōn*: noun, genitive, neuter, plural - stumbling blocks/offenses
• *anagkē*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - necessity
• *estin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is
• *elthein*: verb, aorist, active, infinitive - to come
• *skandala*: noun, accusative, neuter, plural - stumbling blocks/offenses
• *plēn*: adverb/conjunction - however/nevertheless
• *ouai*: interjection - woe
• *anthrōpō*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - man/person
• *ekeinō*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - that
• *skandalon*: noun, nominative, neuter, singular - stumbling block/offense
• *erchetai*: verb, present, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - comes

Word Meanings

• *Ouai*: woe/alas
• *kosmō*: world/universe/humanity
• *skandalōn*: stumbling blocks/offenses/causes of sin
• *anagkē*: necessity/must/inevitability
• *elthein*: to come/to arrive/to happen
• *skandala*: stumbling blocks/offenses/causes of sin
• *plēn*: however/nevertheless/except
• *anthrōpō*: man/person/human being
• *skandalon*: stumbling block/offense/cause of sin
• *erchetai*: comes/arrives/happens

Referenced Verses

• Luke 17:1 : 1 Then sayde he to ye disciples it can not be avoyded but that offences will come. Neverthelesse wo be to him thorow whom they come.
• 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For ther must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfecte amonge you myght be knowen.
• Matt 26:24 : 24 The sonne of ma goeth as it is written of him: but wo be to yt ma by whom ye sonne of man shalbe betrayed. It had bene good for that man yf he had never bene borne.
• Mark 13:7 : 7 When ye shall heare of warre and tydinges of warre be ye not troubled. For soche thinges muste nedes be. But the ende is not yet.
• Gen 13:7 : 7 And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell and the herdmen of Lots catell. Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the lande.
• Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The sonne of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thinges that offende and them which do iniquite 42 and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shalbe waylynge and gnasshing of teth.
• Matt 23:13-28 : 13 Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites for ye shutte vp the kyngdome of heve before men: ye youre selves goo not in nether suffre ye them that come to enter in. 14 Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites: ye devoure widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of praying longe prayers: wherfore ye shall receave greater damnacion. 15 Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites which compasse see and londe to bringe one in to youre belefe: and when he ys brought ye make him two folde more the chylde of hell then ye youre selves are. 16 Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the teple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth. 17 Ye foles and blinde? whether is greater the golde or the teple that sanctifieth ye golde. 18 And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whosoever sweareth by ye offeringe yt lyeth on ye aultre offendeth. 19 Ye foles and blinde: whether is greater ye offeringe or ye aultre which sanctifieth ye offeringe? 20 Whosoever therfore sweareth by ye aultre sweareth by it and by all yt there on is. 21 And whosoever sweareth by the teple sweareth by it and by hym yt dwelleth therin. 22 And he that sweareth by heve swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron. 23 Wo be to you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites which tythe mynt annyse and comen and leave the waygthtyer mattres of ye lawe vndone: iudgemet mercy and fayth. These ought ye to have done and not to have left the othre vndone. 24 Ye blinde gydes which strayne out a gnat and swalowe a cammyll. 25 Wo be to you scribes and pharises ypocrites which make clene ye vtter syde of the cuppe and of the platter: but within they are full of brybery and excesse. 26 Thou blinde Pharise clense fyrst the outsyde of the cup and platter that the ynneside of them maye be clene also. 27 Wo be to you Scribe and Pharises ypocrite for ye are lyke vnto paynted tombes which appere beautyfull outwarde: but are wt in full of deed bones and of all fylthynes. 28 So are ye for outwarde ye appere righteous vnto me when within ye are full of ypocrisie and iniquite.
• John 17:12 : 12 Whyll I was with the in ye worlde I kepte the in thy name. Those yt thou gavest me have I kepte and none of the is lost but that lost chylde that the scripture myght be fulfilled.
• Acts 1:16 : 16 Ye men and brethren this scripture must have nedes ben fulfilled which the holy goost thorow ye mouth of David spake before of Iudas which was gyde to them that tooke Iesus.
• Acts 1:18-20 : 18 And the same hath now possessed a plot of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite and when he was hanged brast a sondre in ye myddes and all his bowels gusshed oute. 19 And it is knowe vnto all the inhabiters of Ierusalem: in so moche that that felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldama that is to saye the bloud felde. 20 It is written in the boke of Psalmes: His habitacio be voyde and no man be dwellinge therin: and his bisshoprycke let another take.
• Rom 2:23-24 : 23 Thou reioysest in the lawe and thorow breakinge the lawe dishonourest God. 24 For the name of god is evyll spoken of amonge the Gentyls thorowe you as it is written.
• 2 Thess 2:3-9 : 3 Let no ma deceave you by eny meanes for the LORde commeth not excepte ther come a departynge fyrst and that that synfnll man be opened ye sonne of perdicion 4 which is an adversarie and is exalted above all that is called god or that is worshipped: so that he shall sitt as God in temple of god and shew him silfe as god. 5 Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I tolde you these thynges? 6 And nowe ye knowe what with holdeth: even that he myght be vttered at his tyme. 7 For the mistery of that iniquitie doeth he all readie worke which onlie loketh vntill it be taken out of ye waye. 8 And then shall that wicked be vttered whom the LORde shall consume with the sprete of hys mouth and shall destroye with the apearaunce of his commynge 9 even him whose commynge is by the workynge of Satan wyth all lyinge power signes and wonders: 10 and in all deceavablenes of vnrightewesnes amonge them that perysshe: because they receaved not the (love) of the truth that they myght have bene saved. 11 And therfore god shall sende them stronge delusion that they shuld beleve lyes: 12 that all they myght be damned which beleved not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrightewesnes.
• 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 The sprete speaketh evydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe from the fayth and shall geve hede vnto spretes of erroure and dyvelysshe doctrine of them 2 which speake falce thorow ypocrisye and have their consciences marked with an hote yron 3 forbyddinge to mary and commaundinge to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaved with gevynge thankes of them which beleve and knowe ye trueth.
• 1 Tim 5:14-15 : 14 I will therfore that ye yonger weme mary and beare childre and gyde the housse and geve none occasio to ye adversary to speake evill 15 For many of them are all redy turned bake and are gone after Satan.
• 1 Tim 6:1 : 1 Let as many servauntes as are vnder ye yoke counte their masters worthy of all honour that the name of god and his doctryne be not evyll spoken of.
• 2 Tim 3:1-5 : 1 This understonde that in the last dayes shall come parelous tymes. 2 For the me shalbe lovers of their awne selves coveteous bosters proude cursed speakers disobediet to father and mother vnthakfull vnholy 3 vnkinde trucebreakers stubborn falce accusars ryatours fearce despisers of the which are good 4 traytours heddy hye mynded gredy apon volupteousnes more then the lovers of god 5 havynge a similitude of godly lyvynge but have denyed the power ther of and soche abhorre.
• 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the tyme will come when they wyll not suffer wholsome doctryne: but after their awne lustes shall they (whose eares ytche) gett the an heepe of teachers 4 and shall turne their eares from ye trueth and shalbe geven vnto fables.
• Titus 2:5 : 5 to be discrete chast huswyfly good and obediet vnto their awne husbandes that the worde of god be not evyll spoken of.
• Titus 2:8 : 8 worde which cannot be rebuked that he which withstondeth maye be a shamed havynge no thinge in you yt he maye disprayse.
• 2 Pet 2:2-3 : 2 and many shall folowe their damnable wayes by which the waye of trueth shalbe evyll spoken of 3 and thorow coveteousnes shall they with fayned wordes make marchandyse of you whose iudgement is not farre of and their dampnacion slepeth not.
• 2 Pet 2:15-17 : 15 and have forsaken the right waye and are gone astraye folowinge ye waye of Balam the sonne of Bosor which loved the rewarde of vnrightewesnes: 16 but was rebuked of his iniquitie. The tame and dome beast speakinge with manes voyce forbade the folisshnes of the Prophete. 17 These are welles without water and cloudes caried about of a tepest to whome the myst of darcknes is reserved for ever.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For ther are certayne craftely crept in of which it was write afore tyme vnto soche iudgemet. They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantannes and denye God the only Lorde and oure Lorde Iesus Christ.
• Jude 1:11-13 : 11 Wo be vnto them for they have folowed ye waye of Cayn and are vtterly geven to the erroure of Balam for lukers sake and perysshe in the treason of Core. 12 These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast to gedder with out feare fedynge them selves. Cloudes they are with outen water caried about of wyndes and trees with out frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes. 13 They are the ragynge waves of ye see fominge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge starres to whom is reserved the myst of darcknes for ever.
• Rev 2:14-15 : 14 But I have a fewe thynges agaynst the: yt thou hast there they that mayntayne the doctryne of Balam which taught in balake to put occasion of syn before the chylderne of Israhell that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles and to commyt fornicacion. 15 Even so hast thou them that mayntayne the doctryne of the Nicolaytans which thynge I hate.
• Rev 2:20-23 : 20 Notwitstondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynst the that thou sofferest that woman Iesabell which called her sylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes to make them commyt fornicacion and to eate meates offered vppe vnto ydoles. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornicacion and she repented not. 22 Beholde I will caste her into a beed and them yt commyt fornicacion wt her into gret adversite excepte they tourne fro their deades. 23 And I will kyll her children with deeth. And all the congregacions shall knowe that I am he which searcheth ye reynes and hertes. And I will geve vnto evere one of you accordynge vnto youre workes.
• Rev 19:20-21 : 20 And the beste was take and with him that falce prophett that wrought myracles before him with which he desceaved the that receaved ye beestes marke and them that worshipped his ymage. These both were cast into a pode of fyre burnyge with brymstone: 21 and ye remnaunte were slayne with ye swearde of him that sat apon the horsse which swearde proceded out of his mouthe and all the foules were fulfilled with their flesshe.