Matthew 18:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 18:7 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 →
Οὐαὶ
ouaí
G3759
alas
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
κόσμῳ
kósmos
G2889
world
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
σκανδάλων
skándalon
G4625
stumbling block
ἀνάγκη
anánkē
G318
necessity
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἐλθεῖν
érchomai
G2064
to come
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
σκάνδαλα
skándalon
G4625
stumbling block
πλὴν
plḗn
G4133
moreover
οὐαὶ
ouaí
G3759
alas
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνθρώπῳ
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
δι’
diá
G1223
through
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
σκάνδαλον
skándalon
G4625
stumbling block
ἔρχεται
érchomai
G2064
to come
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
"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
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King James Version Public Domain
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Woe to the world because of the stumbling blocks! For it is necessary that the stumbling blocks come, but woe to the man through whom the stumbling block comes!
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).