Matthew 18:7

1395 Woo to the world, for sclaundris; for it is nede that sclaundris come; netheles wo to thilke man bi whom a sclaundre cometh. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1534 Wo be vnto the world because of offences. How be it it cannot be avoided but yt offences shalbe geven. Neverthelesse woo be to ye man by who the offence cometh. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 Wo vnto the worlde because of slauders. Yee there must slaunders come: but wo vnto that man, by whom slaunder commeth. (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 Wo vnto the worlde because of offences. Necessary it is that offences come: But wo vnto the man, by whom the offence commeth. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 Wo be vnto the worlde because of offences. Howe be it, it cannot be auoyded but that offences shall be geuen. Neuerthelesse woo be to the man, by whome the offence cometh. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 Wo vnto the worlde, because of offences. It must nedes be, that offences come: But wo to that man, by whom the offence commeth. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 Wo be vnto the world because of offences: for it must needes be that offences shall come, but wo be to that man by whome the offence commeth. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 Woe vnto the world because of offences: for it must needs be that offences come: but wo to that man by whom the offence commeth. (King James Version)

1729 wo unto the world, because of such scandals: tho' it cannot be, but that such occasions of relapsing should happen: yet wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh. (Mace New Testament)

1745 Wo unto the world because of scandals: for it must needs be that scandals come: but wo to the man by whom the scandal cometh. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 Wo will be to the world from such offenses; for it is of necessity that offenses come: but wo to that man by whom the offense cometh. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 Woe to the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 Wo to the world because of offences! for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to that man by whom the offence cometh! (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 Alas for the world because of snares! Snares indeed there must be; nevertheless, alas for the ensnarer! (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 Woe to the world from causes of offence! for it is unavoidable that causes of offence will come; but woe to the man by whom the causes of offence shall come! (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 Woe to the world from the snares. Necessary for it is to come the snares; but woe to the man to that through whom the snare comes. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it must needs be that causes of offense come; but woe to that man, through whom the cause of offense comes! (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 Woe to the world because of stumbling–blocks! For it must needs be that stumbling–blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling–block cometh! (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 Woe unto the world because of offences: for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh! (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes! (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 `Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come! (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh! (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 Alas for the world! by reason of the causes of stumbling; for it is, necessary, that the causes of stumbling come,––nevertheless, alas for the man through whom the cause of stumbling cometh! (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 Woe unto the world on account of offensives, for it is necessary that offensives come; but woe unto that man through whom the offense comes! (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 "Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes! (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 Alas for the world because of such snares! There cannot but be snares; yet alas for the man who is answerable for the snare! (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 "Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come! (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 Alas for the world because of offenses; for it is necessary that offenses come, yet alas for the man through whom the offense comes. (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

ويل للعالم من العثرات. فلا بد ان تأتي العثرات ولكن ويل لذلك الانسان الذي به تأتي العثرة. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܘܝ ܠܥܠܡܐ ܡܢ ܡܟܫܘܠܐ ܐܢܢܩܐ ܓܝܪ ܕܢܐܬܘܢ ܡܟܫܘܠܐ ܘܝ ܕܝܢ ܠܓܒܪܐ ܕܒܐܝܕܗ ܢܐܬܘܢ ܡܟܫܘܠܐ ܀ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Maledictione munduari scandaloén causaz: ecen necessario da scandaloac datocen, badaric-ere maledictione guiçon hari, ceinez scandalo ethorten baita.

Bulgarian

1940 Горко на света поради съблазните, защото е неизбежно да дойдат съблазните; но горко на онзи човек, чрез когото съблазънта дохожда! (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！ (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！ (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

Malheur au monde à cause des occasions de chute! car il est nécessaire qu'il arrive des occasions de chute; mais malheur à cet homme par qui l'occasion de chute arrive. (French Darby)

1744 Malheur au monde à cause des scandales; car il est infaillible qu'il n'arrive des scandales; toutefois malheur à l'homme par qui le scandale arrive. (Martin 1744)

1744 Malheur au monde à cause des scandales; il est nécessaire, il est vrai, qu'il arrive des scandales; mais malheur à l'homme par qui le scandale arrive! (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Wehe der Welt der Ärgernisse halben! Es muß ja Ärgernis kommen; doch wehe dem Menschen, durch welchen Ärgernis kommt! (Luther 1545)

1871 Wehe der Welt der Ärgernisse wegen! Denn es ist notwendig, daß Ärgernisse kommen; doch wehe dem Menschen, durch welchen das Ärgernis kommt! (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Weh der Welt der Ärgernisse halben! Es muß ja Ärgernis kommen; doch weh dem Menschen, durch welchen Ärgernis kommt! (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Guai al mondo per gli scandali! perciocchè, bene è necessario che scandali avvengano; ma nondimeno, guai a quell’uomo per cui lo scandalo avviene! (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Guai al mondo per gli scandali! Poiché, ben è necessario che avvengan degli scandali; ma guai all’uomo per cui lo scandalo avviene! (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

vae mundo ab scandalis necesse est enim ut veniant scandala verumtamen vae homini per quem scandalum venit Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Vai de lume, din pricina prilejurilor de păcătuire! Fiindcă nu se poate să nu vină prilejuri de păcătuire; dar vai de omul acela prin care vine prilejul de păcătuire! (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Горе миру от соблазнов, ибо надобно придти соблазнам;но горе тому человеку, через которого соблазн приходит. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Ay del mundo por los escándalos! porque necesario es que vengan escándalos; mas ¡ay de aquel hombre por el cual viene el escándalo! (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Ve världen för förförelsers skull! Förförelser måste ju komma; men ve den människa genom vilken förförelsen kommer! (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Sa aba ng sanglibutan dahil sa mga kadahilanan ng pagkatisod! sapagka't kinakailangang dumating ang mga kadahilanan; datapuwa't sa aba ng taong yaong panggalingan ng kadahilanan! (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Khốn nạn cho thế gian vì sự gây nên phạm tội! Vì sự gây nên phạm tội phải có; song khốn nạn thay cho ai là kẻ gây nên phạm tội! (VIET)

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