Matthew 19:18

Λέγει αὐτῷ, Ποίας; Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε, Τὸ Οὐ φονεύσεις· οὐ μοιχεύσεις· οὐ κλέψεις· οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις·

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 3004; Legei; Λέγει; is saying; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

Strongs 4169; Poias; Ποίας; What kind; IPro-AFP

Strongs 3588; Ho; Ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 2424; Iēsous; Ἰησοῦς; Salvation; N-NMS

Strongs 2036; eipen; εἶπεν*; said; V-AIA-3S

Strongs 3588; To; Τὸ; the; Art-ANS

Strongs 3756; Ou; Οὐ; Not; Adv

Strongs 5407; phoneuseis; φονεύσεις; you shall murder; V-FIA-2S

Strongs 3756; Ou; Οὐ; Not; Adv

Strongs 3431; moicheuseis; μοιχεύσεις; you shall commit adultery; V-FIA-2S

Strongs 3756; Ou; Οὐ; Not; Adv

Strongs 2813; klepseis; κλέψεις; you shall steal; V-FIA-2S

Strongs 3756; Ou; Οὐ; Not; Adv

Strongs 5576; pseudomartyrēseis; ψευδομαρτυρήσεις; shall you bear false witness; V-FIA-2S

RBT Translation:

He is saying to himself, "What kinds?" And the Salvation said, "The You will not Murder, You will Not Commit Adultery, You will Not Steal, You will Not Bear False Testimony,³⁹

LITV Translation:
He said to Him, Which? And Jesus said, "You shall not commit murder, nor commit adultery, nor steal, nor bear false witness,

ESV Translation:
He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Footnotes

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The You Will Not Murder...

The phrase "Τὸ Οὐ φονεύσεις" (To Ou phoneuseis) would not typically include the definite article "Τὸ" (To) in standard Greek texts of the Ten Commandments. The correct and commonly seen form in the biblical context is "Οὐ φονεύσεις" (Ou phoneuseis), which translates to "You shall not murder."

If "Τὸ" (To) appears in a specific text or context, it might be due to a grammatical or syntactical construction not commonly used in the biblical phrasing of the commandment. In Classical and Koine Greek, the definite article "Τὸ" can be used to nominalize clauses or phrases, essentially turning them into a noun phrase, but this is not how the commandment is usually presented in biblical Greek.

The correct phrase, as it appears in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible), is simply "Οὐ φονεύσεις," without the definite article. This directly translates to "You shall not murder."