Mark 1:32 in 8 translations
7 distinct wordings, grouped by what each translation is trying to do. Differences from the King James text are marked below.
Early modern English
Seventeenth-century wording and sentence shape. Familiar, rhythmic, and the version most quotations you have heard are taken from.
And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
1611 / 1769 · Public domain · The Authorised Version, revised to the 1769 Blayney text. Includes the Apocrypha as printed in 1611.
Literal, word-for-word
Follows Hebrew and Greek word order and grammar closely, even where the English becomes stiff. Useful for seeing what the underlying sentence is doing.
And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.
1901 · Public domain · The American revision of the English Revised Version. Deliberately literal, and the base text behind several later translations.
But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;
1890 · Public domain · John Nelson Darby's translation, made for close study rather than public reading. Often exposes grammatical detail other versions smooth over.
And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs,
1898 · Public domain · The most extreme word-for-word rendering here, keeping Hebrew and Greek tense and word order at the cost of natural English.
Modern English
Contemporary vocabulary and punctuation, aiming for the sentence a present-day reader would write while staying close to the source.
At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
2000s · Public domain · A modern-English update of the ASV. Reads close to contemporary speech while staying in the literal tradition. Includes the Apocrypha.
These 2 editions word this verse identically.
In the evening, after sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who were ill or possessed by demons;
in progress · Public domain (CC0) · A modern open-licensed translation, still being completed. Some Old Testament books are not yet available.
Simplified English
Built from a deliberately small vocabulary so the sense stays reachable for new readers and non-native speakers. Trades nuance for clarity.
And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.
1949 · Public domain · Written with roughly a thousand basic English words plus a small Bible vocabulary. The plainest reading available here.
What changes between the King James and modern wording
The modern rendering is printed below with every word that differs from the King James text marked, so the actual divergence is visible rather than left for you to spot.
at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
Word-for-word swaps
- even→evening
- did→had
- unto→to
- that→who
- diseased→sick
- that→those
The verses either side
King James text. A comparison is easier to judge when you can see the sentence the verse sits inside.