Matthew 12:39

• ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 12:39 ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου

(Textus Receptus, Theodore Beza, 1598)

• Matthew 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition)

• Matthew 12:39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no will sign be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

(Textus Receptus Version)

Greek

Textus Receptus

• 1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

• 1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
• 1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
• 1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
• 1527 (Erasmus 4th)
• 1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

• 1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

• 1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
• 1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
• 1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
• 1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

• 1565 (Beza 1st)
• 1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
• 1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
• 1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
• 1582 (Beza 2nd)
• 1589 (Beza 3rd)
• 1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
• 1598 (Beza 4th)

See Also Matthew 1:1 Beza 1598 (Beza)

• 1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

• 1624 (Elzevir)
• 1633 (Elzevir)
• 1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

• 1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

• 1894 (? ????? ???T???)

Other Greek

• 1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
• (Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
• 1881 (Westcott & Hort)
• (Greek orthodox Church)

Anglo Saxon Translations

• 1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

• 1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

• 1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1395 Which answeride, and seide to hem, An yuel kynrede and a spouse brekere sekith a tokene, and a tokene shal not be youun to it, but the tokene of Jonas, the prophete. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1534 He answered and sayde to the: The evyll and advoutrous generacio seketh a signe but ther shall no signe be geve to the saue the signe of the Prophete Ionas. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

• 1535 And he answered and saide vnto the: This euell and aduouterous generacion seketh a token: and there shal no token be geuen the, but the token of the prophete Ionas. (Coverdale Bible)

• 1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1540 But he answered and sayde to them. The euyll and aduouterous generacion seketh a signe and ther shall no sygne be geuen to them, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1549 He aunswered and said to them: The euyll and aduouterous generation seketh a sygne, but there shal no sygne be geuen to them, saue the signe of þe prophete Ionas. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

• 1557 (Geneva 1557)

• 1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

• 1568 But he aunswered and sayde to them. The euyll and adulterous generation seketh a signe, and there shall no signe be geuen to it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

• 1582 (Rheims 1582)

• 1587 But he answered and said to them, An euill and adulterous generation seeketh a signe, but no signe shall be giuen vnto it, saue that signe of the Prophet Ionas. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1611 But hee answered, and said to them, An euill and adulterous generation seeketh after a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen to it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas. (King James Version)

• 1729 but he answered them, this wicked degenerate race demand a miracle; but no other miracle shall they have, except that of the prophet Jonas. (Mace New Testament)

• 1745 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shalt no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet, Jonas. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

• 1762 (King James Version)

• 1769 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

• 1770 but He replied and said unto them, This wicked and degenerate race demand a sign; but no sign shall be given them, except that of the prophet Jonah: (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

• 1790 And he answering said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

• 1795 But he answered and said unto them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet: (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

• 1833 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

• 1835 He answering, said to them, An evil and adulterous race demands a sign; but no sign shall be given it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonah. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

• 1849 But he answered them and said, A generation depraved and adulterous requireth a sign; but a sign shall not be given to it, but the sign of Jaunon the prophet; (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

• 1850 (King James Version by Committee)

• 1851 (Murdock Translation)

• 1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

• 1858 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

• 1865 He but answering said to them: A generation evil and adulterous a sign demands; and a sign not shall be given to her, if not a sign of Jonas the prophet. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

• 1865 But he answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

• 1869 But he answered and said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation is seeking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

• 1873 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

• 1885 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

• 1890 But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

• 1898 And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet; (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

• 1901 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

• 1902 But, he, answering, said unto them, A wicked and adulterous generation, a sign, doth seek, and, a sign, will not be, given, it, save the sign of Jonah the prophet. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

• 1902 He responding, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given unto it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

• 1904 And He, answering, said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

• 1904 "It is a wicked and unfaithful generation," answered Jesus, "that is asking for a sign, and no sign shall be given it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

• 1911 (Syrus Scofield)

• 1912 "Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. (Weymouth New Testament)

• 1918 But he answered and said t to them: A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. (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)

• (BBE)
• (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
• (21st Century King James Version)
• (Common English Bible)
• (GOD’S WORD Translation)
• (Contemporary English Version)
• (New Living Translation)
• (Amplified Bible)
• (The Message)
• (New International Reader's Version)
• (Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

• فاجاب وقال لهم جيل شرير وفاسق يطلب آية ولا تعطى له آية الا آية يونان النبي. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

• ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ܥܢܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܘܓܝܪܬܐ ܐܬܐ ܒܥܝܐ ܘܐܬܐ ܠܐ ܬܬܝܗܒ ܠܗ ܐܠܐ ܐܬܗ ܕܝܘܢܢ ܢܒܝܐ ܀ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

• Baina harc ihardesten çuela erran ciecén, Natione gaichtoa eta adulteroa signo esquez dago: baina signoric etzayo emanen, Ionas prophetaren signoa baicen.

Bulgarian

• 1940 А Той в отговор им рече: Нечестиво и прелюбодейно поколение иска знамение, но [друго] знамение няма да му се даде, освен знамението на пророк Иона. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

• 1 耶 稣 回 答 说 ： 一 个 邪 恶 淫 乱 的 世 代 求 看 神 迹 ， 除 了 先 知 约 拿 的 神 迹 以 外 ， 再 没 有 神 迹 给 他 们 看 。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

• 1 耶 穌 回 答 說 ： 一 個 邪 惡 淫 亂 的 世 代 求 看 神 蹟 ， 除 了 先 知 約 拿 的 神 蹟 以 外 ， 再 沒 有 神 蹟 給 他 們 看 。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

• Mais lui, répondant, leur dit: Une génération méchante et adultère recherche un signe; et il ne lui sera pas donné de signe, si ce n'est le signe de Jonas le prophète. (French Darby)

• 1744 Mais il leur répondit, et dit : la nation méchante et adultère recherche un miracle, mais il ne lui sera point donné d'autre miracle que celui de Jonas le Prophète. (Martin 1744)

• 1744 Mais lui, répondant, leur dit: Une race méchante et adultère demande un miracle; mais il ne lui en sera accordé aucun autre que celui du prophète Jonas. (Ostervald 1744)

German

• 1545 Und er antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Die böse und ehebrecherische Art sucht ein Zeichen, und es wird ihr kein Zeichen gegeben werden denn das Zeichen des Propheten Jona. (Luther 1545)

• 1871 Er aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Ein böses und ehebrecherisches Geschlecht begehrt ein Zeichen, und kein Zeichen wird ihm gegeben werden, als nur das Zeichen Jonas’, des Propheten. (Elberfelder 1871)

• 1912 Und er antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Die böse und ehebrecherische Art sucht ein Zeichen; und es wird ihr kein Zeichen gegeben werden denn das Zeichen des Propheten Jona. (Luther 1912)

Italian

• 1649 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse loro: La malvagia, e adultera generazione richiede un segno; ma niun segno le sarà dato, se non il segno del profeta Giona. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

• 1927 Ma egli rispose loro: Questa generazione malvagia e adultera chiede un segno; e segno non le sarà dato, tranne il segno del profeta Giona. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

• 1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

• qui respondens ait illis generatio mala et adultera signum quaerit et signum non dabitur ei nisi signum Ionae prophetae Latin Vulgate

• 1527 (Erasmus 1527)

• 1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

• 1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

• 2010 Drept răspuns, El le -a zis: ,,Un neam viclean şi preacurvar cere un semn; dar nu i se va da alt semn, decît semnul proorocului Iona. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

• 1876 Но Он сказал им в ответ: род лукавый и прелюбодейный ищет знамения; и знамение не дастся ему, кроме знамения Ионы пророка; Russian Synodal Version

Phonetically:

Spanish

• Y él respondió, y les dijo: La generación mala y adulterina demanda señal; mas señal no le será dada, sino la señal de Jonás profeta. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

• 1917 Men han svarade och sade till dem: »Ett ont och trolöst släkte är detta! Det åstundar ett tecken, men intet annat tecken skall givas det än profeten Jonas' tecken. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

• 1905 Datapuwa't siya'y sumagot, at sinabi sa kanila, Isang lahing masama at mapangalunya ay humahanap ng isang tanda; at hindi siya bibigyan ng anomang tanda kundi ng tanda ng propeta Jonas: (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

• 1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

• 1934 Ngài đáp rằng: Dòng dõi hung ác gian dâm này xin một dấu lạ, nhưng sẽ chẳng cho dấu lạ khác ngoài dấu lạ của đấng tiên tri Giô-na. (VIET)