Titus 1:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Even one of their own prophets said, "Cretans are always liars, savage animals, and lazy gluttons."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

ASV:

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

BBE:

One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.

DBY:

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

ERV:

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

WEY:

One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."

WBS:

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

WEB:

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."

YLT:

A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said -- 'Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'

Titus 1:12 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabs-- we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God."

Acts 27:7 When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:12 {m} One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
(m) Epimenides, who was considered a prophet amongst them. See Laertius, and Cicero in his first book of divination.

PNT:

Titus 1:12 One of themselves. Of the Cretans.
A prophet of their own. A Cretan sage, seer and teacher, Epimenides by name, who lived about 500 B.C.
The Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. The hard testimony of his countrymen is quoted from a poem now lost.

WES:

1:12 A prophet - So all poets were anciently called; but, besides, Diogenes Laertius says that Epimenides, the Cretan poet, foretold many things. Evil wild beasts - Fierce and savage.

MHC:

1:10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worldly interest under pretence of religion: for the love of money is the root of all evil. Such should be resisted, and put to shame, by sound doctrine from the Scriptures. Shameful actions, the reproach of heathens, should be far from Christians; falsehood and lying, envious craft and cruelty, brutal and sensual practices, and idleness and sloth, are sins condemned even by the light of nature. But Christian meekness is as far from cowardly passing over sin and error, as from anger and impatience. And though there may be national differences of character, yet the heart of man in every age and place is deceitful and desperately wicked. But the sharpest reproofs must aim at the good of the reproved; and soundness in the faith is most desirable and necessary. To those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; they abuse, and turn things lawful and good into sin. Many profess to know God, yet in their lives deny and reject him. See the miserable state of hypocrites, such as have a form of godliness, but are without the power; yet let us not be so ready to fix this charge on others, as careful that it does not apply to ourselves.

CONC:

FALSE Always Animals Beasts Bellies Brutes Countryman Cretans Crete Cretians Dangerous Evil Gluttons Hating Idle Lazy Liars Lovers Prophet Prophets Slow Theirs Themselves Wild

Alway Always Animals Beasts Bellies Brutes Countryman Cretans Crete Dangerous Evil False. Food Gluttons Hating Idle Liars Prophet Prophets Slow Theirs Themselves Wild

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