Matthew 12:12

1540 Howe moch more then is a man better then a shepe? Wherfore, it is lefull to do a good dede on the Saboth dayes. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 And how muche is a man better then a shepe? Wherfore it is lawful to do a good dede on the saboth dayes. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 Howe much more then is a man better then a sheepe? Wherfore it is lawfull to do a good deede on the Sabbath dayes. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 How much more then is a man better then a sheepe? Therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a Sabbath day. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 How much then is a man better then a shepe? Wherfore it is lawfull to doe well on the Sabbath dayes. (King James Version)

1729 is not a man of much greater consequence than a sheep? how lawful then is it to do good offices on the sabbath-day? (Mace New Testament)

1745 How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbaths. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 And of how much more worth is a man than a sheep? Sure then it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-days. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 And does not a mean greatly excel a sheep? It is lawful, therefore, to do good on the Sabbath. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 How much more precious is a child of man than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath-day to do that which is good. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 How much then is superior a man of a sheep? So that it is lawful to the sabbath good to do. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 Of how much more worth now is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.' (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 How much better, then, a man, than, a sheep? So that it is allowable, on the sabbath, nobly, to act. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath." (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 And how much more precious a man is than a sheep! Therefore it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath." (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath." (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 How much better then, a man is than a sheep: so then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

فالانسان كم هو افضل من الخروف. اذا يحل فعل الخير في السبوت. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܟܡܐ ܕܝܢ ܝܬܝܪ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܡܢ ܥܪܒܐ ܡܕܝܢ ܫܠܝܛ ܗܘ ܒܫܒܬܐ ܠܡܥܒܕ ܕܫܦܝܪ ܀ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Eta cembatez da guiçona ardia baino guehiago? Beraz sori da Sabbathoetan vngui eguitea.

Bulgarian

1940 А колко е по-скъп човек от овца! Затова позволено е да се прави добро в съботен ден. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 人比羊何等贵重呢！所以，在安息日作善事是可以的。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 人比羊何等貴重呢！所以，在安息日作善事是可以的。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

Combien donc un homme vaut-il mieux qu'une brebis! De sorte qu'il est permis de faire du bien le jour de sabbat. (French Darby)

1744 Or combien vaut mieux un homme qu'une brebis? il est donc permis de faire du bien les jours du Sabbat. (Martin 1744)

1744 Or, combien un homme vaut-il mieux qu'une brebis! Il est donc permis de faire du bien dans les jours de sabbat. (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Wieviel besser ist nun ein Mensch denn ein Schaf! Darum mag man wohl am Sabbat Gutes tun. (Luther 1545)

1871 Wieviel vorzüglicher ist nun ein Mensch als ein Schaf! Also ist es erlaubt, an den Sabbathen Gutes zu tun. (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Wie viel besser ist nun ein Mensch denn ein Schaf! Darum mag man wohl am Sabbat Gutes tun. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Ora, da quanto più è un uomo, che una pecora? Egli è dunque lecito di far del bene in giorno di sabato. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Or quant’è un uomo da più d’una pecora! E’ dunque lecito di far del bene in giorno di sabato. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

quanto magis melior est homo ove itaque licet sabbatis benefacere Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Cu cît mai de preţ este deci un om decît o oaie? De aceea este îngăduit a face bine în zilele de Sabat.`` (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Сколько же лучше человек овцы! Итак можно в субботы делать добро. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Pues ¿cuánto más vale un hombre que una oveja? Así que, lícito es en los sábados hacer bien. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Huru mycket mer värd är nu icke en människa än ett får! Alltså är det lovligt att på sabbaten göra vad gott är.» (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Gaano pa nga ang isang tao na may halaga kay sa isang tupa! Kaya't matuwid na gumawa ng mabuti sa araw ng sabbath. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Huống chi người ta trọng hơn con chiên là dường nào! Vậy, trong ngày Sa-bát có phép làm việc lành. (VIET)

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