The Transfiguration
Mark 9:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say.
- KJV
- For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
- WEB
- For he didn’t know what to say, for they were very afraid.
- ASV
- For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.
- LSV
- for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.
- YLT
- for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.
- DBY
- For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear.
- DRC9:5
- For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear.
- GNV
- Yet hee knewe not what he saide: for they were afraide.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀποκριθῇ (“he may answer”); Textus Receptus read λαλήσῃ (“may speak”); Byzantine text read λαλήσει (“he will speak”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐγένοντο.¶ (“they were”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἦσαν (“they were”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place γὰρ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἀποκριθῇ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀποκριθῇ; Robinson–Pierpont read λαλήσει.
- SBLGNT: ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο; Robinson–Pierpont read ἦσαν γὰρ ἔκφοβοι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἀποκριθῇ, ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο.
- RP2018
- Οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί λαλήσει· ἦσαν γὰρ ἔκφοβοι.
- TR-Boyd
- Οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί λαλήσῃ· ἦσαν γὰρ ἔκφοβοι.
- SCR1894
- ου γαρ ηδει τι λαληση ησαν γαρ εκφοβοι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Daniel 10:15–19While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless. And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me,…
- Mark 16:5–8When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 9:5 in some Bibles
- 9:6 in most Bibles