Matthew 18:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 18:6 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 →
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
δ’
dé
G1161
but
ἂν
án
G302
if
σκανδαλίσῃ
skandalízō
G4624
to stumble
ἕνα
heîs
G1520
one
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
μικρῶν
mikrós
G3398
small
τούτων
hoûtos
G3778
this
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
πιστευόντων
pisteúō
G4100
to believe
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
ἐμέ
egṓ
G1473
I
συμφέρει
symphérō
G4851
to bring together
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
κρεμασθῇ
kremánnymi
G2910
to hang
μύλος
mýlos
G3458
millstone
ὀνικὸς
onikós
G3684
for donkey
περὶ
perí
G4012
about
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
τράχηλον
tráchēlos
G5137
to be ready
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
καταποντισθῇ
katapontízō
G2670
to sink
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
πελάγει
pélagos
G3989
sea
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
θαλάσσης
thálassa
G2281
sea
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World English Bible Public Domain
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
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King James Version Public Domain
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a millstone of a donkey would have been hung around his neck and he would have been sunk into the depth of the sea.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).