King James Version

Mark 9:42

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “these” (τούτων) before who here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “a millstone heavy” (μύλος ὀνικὸς) before around here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “stone of a mill” (λίθος μυλικὸς) before around here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.σκανδαλίσῃskandalisēshall offendσκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall offend”, a single actionG4624I cause to stumble, cause to sin, cause to become indignant, shock, offend.shall offendἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μικρῶνmikrōnof these little onesμικρός (mikros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of these little ones”, the of-formG3398little, small.This verse uses “little”.of these little onesτούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πιστευόντωνpisteuontōnthat believeπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “that believe”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.that believeεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inἐμέememeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “me”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meκαλόνkalonbetterκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “better”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.betterἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.αὐτῷautōfor himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “for him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.for himμᾶλλονmallonmoreμᾶλλονadverb — “more”G3123more, rather.This verse uses “more”.εἰeithatεἰconjunction — “that”G1487if.thatπερίκειταιperikeitaiwere hangedπερίκειμαι (perikeimai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “were hanged”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4029I lie about, surround; I am encompassed, surrounded, or clothed with, am in submission to.were hangedμύλοςmulosmillstoneμύλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “millstone”, the subject formG3458a millstone, mill.ὀνικὸςonikoshugeὀνικόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “huge”, the subject formG3684pertaining to an ass.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.aboutτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τράχηλονtrachēlonneckτράχηλος (trachēlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “neck”, the object formG5137the neck.neckαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andβέβληταιbeblētaihe were castβάλλω (ballō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “he were cast”, a completed action with a present resultG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.he were castεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the sea

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

λίθοςlithosa millstoneλίθοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a millstone”, the subject formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.μυλικὸςmulikosof a millμυλικόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “of a mill”, the subject formG3457belonging to a mill.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Young’s Literal Translation

and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

World English Bible

“ Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble , it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck .

Darby Translation

And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe [in me], it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

Douay-Rheims

And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire:

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