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Those Who Work Iniquity

In Matthew 7: 21-23, Yahshua refers to those people who claim to do His will but, yet, will not enter the kingdom of heaven. He states that He never knew them, even though they have done many wonderful things in His name. At the end of verse 23, He describes who they are. There is a discrepancy among the versions as to the words used to describe them. This essay brings out these words and tries to put the meaning into the proper perspective. One needs to relate back to verse 21 to see what must be done to enter the kingdom of heaven.

The whole of the three verses as stated in the King James Version is given. The main word considered in this version is iniquity. Following this quote is a list of various versions and the word that is used. The actual wording for the whole verse may vary, but it is the one word which is of concern in this comparative analysis. After this list comes a few dictionary definitions of some of these words.

Versions Compared

  1. AAT – An American Translation (Beck)
  2. AB – Amplified Bible
  3. AIV – Inclusive Version
  4. ANT – The Authentic New Testament
  5. ASV – American Standard Version
  6. BNT – Barclay New Testament
  7. CENT – Common English New Testament
  8. CEV – Contemporary English Version
  9. CJB – Complete Jewish Bible
  10. CLNT – Concordant Literal New Testament
  11. CNT – Cassirer New Testament
  12. CTNT – Centenary Translation New Testament
  13. DHB – Darby Holy Bible
  14. DRB – Douay-Rheims Bible
  15. EBR – The Emphasized Bible
  16. EDW – The Emphatic Diaglott
  17. EVD – English Version for the Deaf
  18. GW – God’s Word
  19. HBME – The Holy Bible in Modern English
  20. HBRV – Holy Bible, Revised Version
  21. IB – Interlinear Bible
  22. IV – Inspired Version
  23. JWNT – John Wesley New Testament
  24. KJV – King James Version
  25. KLNT – Kleist-Lilly New Testament
  26. KTC – Knox Translation
  27. LB – Living Bible
  28. LBP – Lamsa Bible
  29. MCT – McCord’s New Testament Translation
  30. MNT – Moffatt New Translation
  31. MRB – Modern Readers Bible
  32. MSNT – The Modern Speech New Testament
  33. NAB – New American Bible
  34. NAS – New American Standard Version
  35. NBV – New Berkeley Version
  36. NCV – New Century Version
  37. NET – New Evangelical Translation
  38. NIV – New International Version
  39. NJB – New Jerusalem Bible
  40. NKJ – New King James Version
  41. NLT – New Living Translation
  42. NLV – New Life Version
  43. NNT – Noli New Testament
  44. NRS – New Revised Standard Version
  45. NSNT – Norlie’s Simplified New Testament
  46. NWT – New World Translation
  47. ONT – The Original New Testament
  48. PRS – Phillips Revised Student Edition
  49. REB – Revised English Bible
  50. RNT – Riverside New Testament
  51. RSV – Revised Standard Version
  52. SGAT – An American Translation (Smith-Goodspeed)
  53. SISR – The Scriptures (ISR)
  54. SNB – Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible
  55. SSBE – The Sacred Scriptures, Bethel Edition
  56. SV – The Scholars Version
  57. TBR – The Bible Reader
  58. TCNT – The Twentieth Century New Testament
  59. TJB – The Jerusalem Bible
  60. TM – The Message
  61. WAS – Worrell New Testament
  62. WET – Wuest Expanded Translation
  63. WNT – Williams New Testament
  64. WTNT – William Tindale Newe Testament
  65. YLR – Young’s Literal Translation, Revised Edition

 

Matthew 7: 21-23

KJV – Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.





evil – CEV, GW, LB, NBV, NCV, NET, PRS, REB, TJB
evildoers – AIV, KLNT, NAB, NIV, NJB, NNT, NRS, RSV, TBR
illegal practitioners – ANT, ONT
iniquity – ASV, CENT, CTNT, DRB, EDW, HBRV, IV, JWNT, KJV, LBP, MCT, MNT, MRB, WAS, WTNT
lawbreakers – NSNT
lawless deeds – CNT
lawlessness – CJB, CLNT, EBR, DHB, HBME, IB, NAS, NKJ, NWT, RNT, SISR, SNB, SSBE, TCNT, WET, YLR
sins – BNT
subverters of the Law – SV
unauthorized – NLT
wickedly – AB
wickedness – MSNT
wrong – AAT, EVD, NLV, SGAT, WNT
wrong-doing – KTC
you’re out of here – TM

 

Dictionary Definitions

These definitions of words have been taken from Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language, International Edition.

Evil:
morally bad; contrary to divine or righteous law; wrong or wicked; sinful or depraved.
Illegal:
contrary to the law; not legal.
Iniquity:
deviation from right; wickedness; gross injustice; a wrongful act; unjust thing or deed.
Lawless:
not subject or obedient to law of any sort; unruly; disobedient; without the sanction or authority of law.
Sin:
a lack of conformity to, or a transgression, especially when deliberate, of a law, precept, or principle regarded as having divine authority; the state or condition of having thus transgressed; wickedness.
Subverter:
one who overthrows from the very foundation; one who corrupts; one who undermines the morals or character of.
Unauthorized:
not endowed with authority; not formally or legally sanctioned.
Wicked:
evil in principle and practice; vicious; sinful; depraved.
Wrong:
deviating from moral rectitude as prescribed by civil or divine law or by conscience.




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