Matthew 9:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 9:16 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 →
οὐδεὶς
oudeís
G3762
nothing
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἐπιβάλλει
epibállō
G1911
to cast upon
ἐπίβλημα
epíblēma
G1915
that which is added
ῥάκους
rhákos
G4470
cloth
ἀγνάφου
ágnaphos
G46
unprocessed
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
ἱματίῳ
himátion
G2440
garment
παλαιῷ
palaiós
G3820
old
αἴρει
aírō
G142
to raise up
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
πλήρωμα
plḗrōma
G4138
fullness
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἱματίου
himátion
G2440
garment
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
χεῖρον
cheírōn
G5501
worse
σχίσμα
schísma
G4978
division
γίνεται
gínomai
G1096
to become
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
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
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King James Version Public Domain
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for its patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear happens.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).