NETBible | What father among you, if your 1 son asks for 2 a fish, will give him a snake 3 instead of a fish? |
NIV © |
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? |
NASB © |
"Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? |
NLT © |
"You fathers––if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? |
MSG © |
If your little boy asks for a serving of fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate? |
BBE © |
And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake? |
NRSV © |
Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? |
NKJV © |
"If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? |
KJV | If <1161> a son <5207> shall ask <154> (5692) bread <740> of any of you <5216> that is a father <3962> <5101>_, will he give <1929> (5692) <3361> him <846> a stone <3037>_? or <1499> if [he ask] a fish <2486>_, will he <1929> (0) for <473> a fish <2486> give <1929> (5692) <3361> him <846> a serpent <3789>_? |
NASB © |
<1161> suppose <5101> one <5101> of you fathers <3962> is asked <154> by his son <5207> for a fish <2486> ; he will not give <1929> him a snake <3789> instead <473> of a fish <2486> , will he? |
NET [draft] ITL | What <5101> father <3962> among <1537> you, if your <5216> son <5207> asks for <154> a fish <2486> , will give <1929> him <846> a snake <3789> instead of <473> a fish ?<2486> |
GREEK | tina <5101> I-ASM de <1161> CONJ ex <1537> PREP umwn <5216> P-2GP ton <3588> T-ASM patera <3962> N-ASM aithsei <154> (5692) V-FAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM uiov <5207> N-NSM icyun <2486> N-ASM mh <3361> PRT-N anti <473> PREP icyuov <2486> N-GSM ofin <3789> N-ASM autw <846> P-DSM epidwsei <1929> (5692) V-FAI-3S |
NETBible | What father among you, if your 1 son asks for 2 a fish, will give him a snake 3 instead of a fish? |
NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215). 2 tc Most 3 sn The snake probably refers to a water snake. |