Mark 10:44
ContextNET © | and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave 1 of all. |
NIV © | and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. |
NASB © | and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. |
NLT © | and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. |
MSG © | Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. |
BBE © | And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all. |
NRSV © | and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. |
NKJV © | "And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. |
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NET © | and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave 1 of all. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force. |