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Luke 12:14

And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἄνθρωπε, τίς με κατέστησεν κριτὴν ἢ μεριστὴν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς;

Greek NT

At ille dixit illi : Homo, quis me constituit judicem, aut divisorem super vos ?

Vulgate

But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

ASV

But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge or divider over you?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καθίστημι
kathistemi
verb · 21×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μεριστής
meristes
noun · 1×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: κριτὴν | WH/Treg/NIV: κριτὴν | RP: δικαστὴν
  • κριτὴνSBLGNT
  • κριτὴνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δικαστὴνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:12 — For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
  • Acts 7:27 — But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
  • Exod 2:14 — And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
  • Exod 2:14 — And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
  • John 6:15 — When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
  • John 8:11 — She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
  • John 18:35 — Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
  • John 18:36 — Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
  • Luke 5:20 — And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Prov 26:17 — He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
  • Rom 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
  • Rom 2:3 — And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
  • Rom 2:3 — And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
  • Rom 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?