11 translations · Greek
Mark 7:6
He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- KJV King James Version
- He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And He answering said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it has been written: This people honors Me with the lips, and their heart is far from Me;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Jesus replied, “Isaiah was right about you hypocrites when he said, ‘These people claim they honor me, but in their thinking they are far from me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and he answering said to them — 'Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He answered and said to them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | Ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| εἶπεν | eipen | Jesus answered | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| Καλῶς | Kalōs | correctly | G2573 καλῶς well |
| ἐπροφήτευσεν | eprophēteusen | prophesied | G4395 προφητεύω to prophesy |
| Ἠσαΐας | Ēsaias | Isaiah | G2268 Ἡσαΐας Isaiah |
| περὶ | peri | about | G4012 περί about |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | you | G4771 σύ you |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὑποκριτῶν | hypokritōn | hypocrites | G5273 ὑποκριτής hypocrite |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 ὡς as/when |
| γέγραπται | gegraptai | it is written | G1125 γράφω to write |
| ὅτι | hoti | — | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| Οὗτος | Houtos | These | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λαὸς | laos | people | G2992 λαός a people |
| τοῖς | tois | with [their] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| χείλεσίν | cheilesin | lips | G5491 χεῖλος lip |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| τιμᾷ | tima | honor | G5091 τιμάω to honor |
| Ἡ | Hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| καρδία | kardia | hearts | G2588 καρδία heart |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| πόρρω | porrō | far | G4206 πόρρω far (away) |
| ἀπέχει | apechei | are | G568 ἀπέχω to have in full |
| ἀπ’ | ap’ | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| ἐμοῦ | emou | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
- Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
- Matthew 15:7–9
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
- Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
- 2 Timothy 3:5
holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
- Matthew 23:13–15
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
- James 2:14–17
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? …
- John 5:42
But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
- Luke 11:39–44
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also? But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you. …
- John 15:24
If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
6 He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 But they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
Read all of Mark 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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