NETBible | Am I not 1 permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ 2 |
NIV © |
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ |
NASB © |
‘Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’ |
NLT © |
Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be angry because I am kind?’ |
MSG © |
Can't I do what I want with my own money? Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?' |
BBE © |
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good? |
NRSV © |
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ |
NKJV © |
‘Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ |
KJV | <2228> Is it not <3756> lawful <1832> (5748) for me <3427> to do <4160> (5658) what <3739> I will <2309> (5719) (5725) with <1722> mine own <1699>_? <1487> Is <2076> (5748) thine <4675> eye <3788> evil <4190>_, because <3754> I <1473> am <1510> (5748) good <18>_? |
NASB © |
<1832> for me to do <4160> what <3739> I wish <2309> with what <3588> is my own <1699> ? Or <2228> is your eye <3788> envious <4190> because <3754> I am <1510> generous <18> ?' |
NET [draft] ITL | Am I <1832> not <3756> permitted <1832> to do <4160> what <3739> I want <2309> with <1722> what belongs <1699> to me <3427> ? Or <2228> are <1510> you <4675> envious <3788> <4190> because <3754> I <1473> am <1510> generous ?’<18> |
GREEK | ouk <3756> PRT-N exestin <1832> (5904) V-PQI-3S moi <3427> P-1DS o <3739> R-ASN yelw <2309> (5719) V-PAI-1S poihsai <4160> (5658) V-AAN en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPN emoiv <1699> S-1DPN h <2228> PRT o <3588> T-NSM ofyalmov <3788> N-NSM sou <4675> P-2GS ponhrov <4190> A-NSM estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S oti <3754> CONJ egw <1473> P-1NS agayov <18> A-NSM eimi <1510> (5748) V-PXI-1S |
NETBible | Am I not 1 permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ 2 |
NET Notes |
1 tc ‡ Before οὐκ (ouk, “[am I] not”) a number of significant witnesses read ἤ (h, “or”; e.g., א C W 085 Ë1,13 33 and most others). Although in later Greek the οι in σοι (oi in soi) – the last word of v. 14 – would have been pronounced like ἤ, since ἤ is lacking in early 2 tn Grk “Is your eye evil because I am good?” |