Mark 7:34

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

and, looking up into the heaven, sighed deeply, and saith unto him - Ephphatha! that is, Be opened!

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus looked up to the sky and with a loud sigh he said, "Ephphatha!" (This means "Open!")

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and loked vp to heven and sygthed and sayde vnto him: ephatha that is to saye be openned.

International Standard Version
Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha,"Ephphatha is Heb./Aram. for Be opened!">[fn] that is, "Be opened!"Mark 6:41; John 11:33,38, 41; 17:1;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

New Century Version
Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to the man, "Ephphatha!" (This means, "Be opened." )

Update Bible Version
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Webster's Bible Translation
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, Effatha, that is, Be opened.

Amplified Bible
and looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to the man, "Ephphatha," which [in Aramaic] means, "Be opened and released!"

English Standard Version
And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

World English Bible
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And looking up to heaven, he groaned and saith to him, Ephphatha, that is, be opened.

Weymouth's New Testament
and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!")

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bihelde in to heuene, and sorewide with ynne, and seide, Effeta, that is, Be thou openyd.

English Revised Version
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Berean Standard Bible
And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!").

Contemporary English Version
Jesus looked up toward heaven, and with a groan he said, "Effatha!" which means "Open up!"

American Standard Version
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Bible in Basic English
And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

Complete Jewish Bible
then, looking up to heaven, he gave a deep groan and said to him, "Hippatach!" (that is, "Be opened!").

Darby Translation
and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Etheridge Translation
And he looked up to heaven, and sighed, and said to him, Be opened: [fn]

Murdock Translation
and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and said to him: Be opened.

King James Version (1611)
And looking vp to heauen, hee sighed, and saith vnto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

New Living Translation
Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, "Ephphatha," which means, "Be opened!"

New Life Bible
Then Jesus looked up to heaven and breathed deep within. He said to the man, "Be opened!"

New Revised Standard
Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And looking vp to heauen, hee sighed, and said vnto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

George Lamsa Translation
And he looked up to heaven, and sighed, and he said to him, Ethpatakh, which means, Be opened.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And looking up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.

Revised Standard Version
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Eph'phatha," that is, "Be opened."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And loked vp to heauen, and syghed, and sayde vnto him Ephphatha, that is to say, be opened.

Good News Translation
Then Jesus looked up to heaven, gave a deep groan, and said to the man, "Ephphatha," which means, "Open up!"

Christian Standard Bible®
Looking up to heaven, he sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!”

Hebrew Names Version
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Hippatach!" that is, "Be opened!"

King James Version
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Lexham English Bible
And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!").

Literal Translation
and looking up into Heaven, He groaned and said to him, Ephphatha! (which is, Be opened!)

Young's Literal Translation
and having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, `Ephphatha,' that is, `Be thou opened;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and loked vp vnto heauen, sighed, and sayde vnto him: Ephatha, that is, be opened.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then looking up to heaven, with a sigh, he said, Ephphata, that is, be open:

New English Translation
Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, "Ephphatha" (that is, "Be opened").

New King James Version
Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus looked up to heaven and said quietly, "Open 'em up."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

Legacy Standard Bible
and looking up to heaven with a sigh, He *said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

Contextual Overview

³¹ And, again coming forth out of the bounds of Tyre, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the bounds of Decapolis. ³² And they bring to him one deaf and stammering, and beseech him that he would lay upon him his hand. ³³ And, taking him away from the multitude apart, he thrust his fingers into his ears, and, spitting, touched his tongue; ³⁴ and, looking up into the heaven, sighed deeply, and saith unto him - Ephphatha! that is, Be opened! ³⁵ and his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, - and he was speaking correctly. ³⁶ And he charged them that they should be telling, no one, - but, as much as to them he gave charge, they, exceeding more abundantly, were making proclamation. ³⁷ And, superabundantly, were they being struck with astonishment, saying - Well, hath he, all things, done, - both, the deaf, he causeth to hear, and, the dumb, to speak.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

looking: Mark 6:41, John 11:41, John 17:1

he sighed: Mark 8:12, Isaiah 53:3, Ezekiel 21:6, Ezekiel 21:7, Luke 19:41, John 11:33, John 11:35, John 11:38, Hebrews 4:15

Ephphatha: Mark 5:41, Mark 15:34

Be opened: Mark 1:41, Luke 7:14, Luke 18:42, John 11:43, Acts 9:34, Acts 9:40

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:6 - he cut down Psalms 51:15 - open Isaiah 42:18 - ye deaf Matthew 8:3 - I will Matthew 14:19 - looking Luke 9:16 - and looking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And looking up to heaven,.... To his Father there, by whom he was sent, and from whom, as man, he received his authority and power; though this was not for assistance in the working of this miracle, which he had power to do of himself; nor do we find that he put up any request to his Father: but he seems to have made use of this motion, not for his own sake, but for the sake of the man: to teach him, that every good gift, blessing, mercy, and favour, and so this he was about to partake of, was from above:

he sighed; not as unequal to the work of healing the man, or as despairing of doing it; but as commiserating the case of the poor man, and reflecting with concern upon his sin, that had been the occasion of it. These actions of looking up to heaven and sighing, as they may be understood in a spiritual sense, or with relation to the spiritual healing of a sinner, may show that such a blessing comes from above: it is received from heaven; it is God that gives the hearing ear, as well as the seeing eye; and that in a spiritual, as well as in a natural sense: and therefore this directs to apply to God for it, whether for a man's self, or for others; and when enjoyed, to look up again to heaven, and return thanks for it: and also that such a favour flows from divine mercy and compassion, Christ pitying the case of persons in such a condition; and he being an high priest that can have compassion on those that are in distress, and having ability to help them, makes use of it, and expresses both his pity and his power, as in the following manner.

And saith unto him; in the Syriac language, which he then spoke,

אתפתח,

Ethphatha, or "Ephphatha";

that is, being interpreted,

be opened, both ears and mouth. And this way of speaking is used by the Jews, of a deaf man being restored to hearing, as of a blind man's being restored to sight; of which, take the following instance d;

"a minor that receives (i.e. a divorce), and afterwards becomes adult, or a deaf man, ונתפקח, "and is opened" (i.e. his ears are opened, or his hearing is restored), or a blind man, ונתפתח, "and is opened" (has his sight again), or a fool, and he is restored to his reason, or a Gentile, and he becomes a proselyte, is unfit or unlawful (to carry a divorce from a man to his wife), but פקח, "one that is open", and afterwards becomes deaf, and then again "opened"; פתוח, or "open", and afterwards become blind, and again "opened"; or a fool, and is restored to his senses, and again becomes a fool, he is right or fit''

(for the above purpose). It is common with them to call one that hears well, in distinction from a deaf man, "one that is open" e. This is an instance of the power of Christ in curing disorders, merely by a word speaking, without the use of means; for what he did before, were not as means of healing, but significative of his power; which now went along with his word, and which was expressed with great majesty and authority: and such a power attends the word of his grace, to the opening of the heart, to give heed to the things which are spoken; and to the opening of the ear to discipline, and sealing instruction to it; land to the opening of the mouth and lips, in praise and thankfulness.

d Gittin, c. 2. sect. 6. e Vid. Misn. Yebamot, c. 14. scct. 10. & T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 114. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Looked up to heaven - To lift up the eyes to heaven is an act imploring aid from God, and is an attitude of prayer, Psalms 121:1-2; Mark 6:41; John 11:41.

He sighed - Pitying the sufferings of the man who stood before him.

Ephphatha - This word is “Syriac,” the language which our Lord used in addressing the man, and means “Be opened.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 34. Ephphatha — Ethphathach, [Syriac] Syriac. It is likely that it was in this language that our Lord spoke to this poor man: and because he had pronounced the word Ephphathach with peculiar and authoritative emphasis, the evangelist thought proper to retain the original word; though the last letter in it could not be expressed by any letter in the Greek alphabet.