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Mark 7:7-9 ESV in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' (8) You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." (9) And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
Mark 7:7-9 GW Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.' (8) "You abandon the commandments of God to follow human traditions." (9) He added, "You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions!
Mark 7:7-9 CEV It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans." (8) You disobey God's commands in order to obey what humans have taught. (9) You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings!
Mark 7:7-9 ALT 'But in vain [or, to no purpose] do they worship Me, teaching [as] teachings [or, doctrines] [the] commandments of people.' [Isaiah 29:13, LXX] (8) For having left behind [or, having neglected] the commandment of God, you keep the tradition of people: baptisms [or, ceremonial washings] of pitchers and cups, and many such other similar things you do." (9) And He was saying to them, "[All too] well do you regard as nothing the commandment of God, so that you should keep your tradition.
Mark 7:7-9 GNB It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!' (8) "You put aside God's command and obey human teachings." (9) And Jesus continued, "You have a clever way of rejecting God's law in order to uphold your own teaching.
Mark 7:7-9 MKJV However, they worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." (8) For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the dippings of pots and cups. And many other such things you do. (9) And He said to them, Do you do well to set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your own tradition?
Mark 7:7-9 YLT and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men; (8) for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.' (9) And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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