Mark 3:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMark 3:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
λέγει
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ἔξεστιν
éxesti
G1832
it is lawful
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
σάββασιν
sábbaton
G4521
Sabbath
ἀγαθὸν
agathós
G18
good
ποιῆσαι
poiéō
G4160
to make
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
κακοποιῆσαι
kakopoiéō
G2554
to do evil
ψυχὴν
psychḗ
G5590
soul
σῶσαι
sṓzō
G4982
to save
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἀποκτεῖναι
apokteínō
G615
to kill
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἐσιώπων
siōpáō
G4623
to be silent
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good or to do harm; to save a life or to kill?” But they were keeping silent.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).