Sawest thou a man wise in his eyes? hope is for the foolish one more than for him.
Matthew 6:23 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness! American Standard Version (1901) But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness! Common English Bible But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how terrible that darkness will be! Catholic Public Domain Version But if your eye has been corrupted, your entire body will be darkened. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great will that darkness be! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be! |
Sawest thou a man wise in his eyes? hope is for the foolish one more than for him.
To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.
For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my things? Or is thine eye evil because I am good
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.
Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness:
The light of the body is the eye; when therefore thine eye be plain, also thy whole body is clear: and when it be evil, also thy body dark.
And he said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: and to the rest in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
And the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: and he cannot know, for they are spiritually examined.
Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart;
For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light:
And he hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and knows not where he goes forward, for darkness has blinded his eyes.