King James Version

Mark 2:27

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἔλεγενelegenhe saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.he saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΤὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.σάββατονsabbatonsabbathσάββατονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “sabbath”, the subject formG4521the Sabbath, a week.The sabbathδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωπονanthrōponmanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.manἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐχouchand notοὐ (ou)adverb — “and not”G3756no, not.and notὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σάββατονsabbatonsabbathσάββατονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “sabbath”, the object formG4521the Sabbath, a week.the sabbath

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Young’s Literal Translation

And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

World English Bible

He said to them, “ The Sabbath was made for man , not man for the Sabbath .

Darby Translation

And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

Douay-Rheims

And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

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