Not Peace but Division
Luke 12:53
In 9 translations
- BSB
- They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”See Micah 7:6.
- KJV
- The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- WEB
- They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
- ASV
- They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
- LSV
- a father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
- YLT
- a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
- DBY
- father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- DRC
- The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- GNV
- The father shalbe deuided against ye sonne, and the sonne against the father: the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother: the mother in lawe against her daughter in lawe, and the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read διαμερισθήσονται (“They will be divided”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Διαμερισθήσεται (“He will be divided”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read θυγατέρα (“daughter”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θυγατρί (“daughter”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μητέρα (“mother”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μητρί (“mother”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- Spelling of ἐπὶ: Textus Receptus: ἐφ᾽.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House include τὴν (“the”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τὴν (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτῆς.¶ (“of her”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (5)
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- SBLGNT: διαμερισθήσονται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read διαμερισθήσονται; Robinson–Pierpont read Διαμερισθήσεται.
- SBLGNT: ἐπὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπὶ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition add τὴν.
- SBLGNT: θυγατέρα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θυγατέρα; Robinson–Pierpont read θυγατρί.
- SBLGNT: τὴν μητέρα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὴν μητέρα; Robinson–Pierpont read μητρί.
- SBLGNT: πενθεράν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πενθεράν; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτῆς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- διαμερισθήσονται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί, μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατέρα καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα, πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν.
- RP2018
- Διαμερισθήσεται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ, καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί· μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατρί, καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ μητρί· πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς, καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς.
- TR-Boyd
- Διαμερισθήσεται πατὴρ ἐφ᾿ υἱῷ, καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί· μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατρί, καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ μητρί· πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς, καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς.
- SCR1894
- διαμερισθησεται πατηρ εφ υιω και υιος επι πατρι μητηρ επι θυγατρι και θυγατηρ επι μητρι πενθερα επι την νυμφην αυτης και νυμφη επι την πενθεραν αυτης
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- Micah 7:6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- Matthew 10:21–22Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end…
- Matthew 24:10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
- Zechariah 13:2–6And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. And if…
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