| NETBible | and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures 1 and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water. |
| NIV © |
"Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. |
| NASB © |
"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. |
| NLT © |
"Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. |
| MSG © |
"Master, have mercy on my son. He goes out of his mind and suffers terribly, falling into seizures. Frequently he is pitched into the fire, other times into the river. |
| BBE © |
Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water. |
| NRSV © |
and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water. |
| NKJV © |
"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. |
| KJV | Lord <2962>_, have mercy <1653> (5657) on my <3450> son <5207>_: for <3754> he is lunatick <4583> (5736)_, and <2532> sore <2560> vexed <3958> (5719)_: for <1063> ofttimes <4178> he falleth <4098> (5719) into <1519> the fire <4442>_, and <2532> oft <4178> into <1519> the water <5204>_. |
| NASB © |
"Lord <2962> , have <1653> mercy <1653> on my son <5207> , for he is a lunatic <4583> and is very <2560> ill <2192> <2560>; for he often <4178> falls <4098> into the fire <4442> and often <4178> into the water .<5204> |
| NET [draft] ITL | and <2532> said <3004> , “Lord <2962> , have mercy <1653> on my <3450> son <5207> , because <3754> he has seizures <4583> and <2532> suffers terribly <2560> <2192> , for <1063> he <4098> often <4178> falls <4098> into <1519> the fire <4442> and <2532> into <1519> the water .<5204> |
| GREEK | kai <2532> CONJ legwn <3004> (5723) V-PAP-NSM kurie <2962> N-VSM elehson <1653> (5657) V-AAM-2S mou <3450> P-1GS ton <3588> T-ASM uion <5207> N-ASM oti <3754> CONJ selhniazetai <4583> (5736) V-PNI-3S kai <2532> CONJ kakwv <2560> ADV ecei <2192> (5719) V-PAI-3S pollakiv <4178> ADV gar <1063> CONJ piptei <4098> (5719) V-PAI-3S eiv <1519> PREP to <3588> T-ASN pur <4442> N-ASN kai <2532> CONJ pollakiv <4178> ADV eiv <1519> PREP to <3588> T-ASN udwr <5204> N-ASN |
| NETBible | and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures 1 and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “he is moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB, NASB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι). |