Mark 9 : 50

Greek uses predicate adjective construction (καλὸν τὸ ἅλας); Vulgate employs copula est between adjective and noun (Bonum est sal); Peshitta uses feminine copula ܗܝ agreeing with ܡܠܚܐ, reflecting typical Semitic word order with copula between predicate and subject.

Greek employs the rare adjective ἄναλον ('unsalty') with γένηται ('become'); Vulgate uses insulsum ('insipid, tasteless') with fuerit (perfect subjunctive); Peshitta substitutes an entirely different verb ܬܦܟܗ ('it becomes insipid/spoiled'), omitting any explicit adjective and using a denominative verbal form from the root for 'insipid.'

Greek uses prepositional phrase ἐν τίνι with direct object αὐτὸ and future ἀρτύσετε; Vulgate mirrors this with in quo illud condietis and adds interrogative punctuation; Peshitta employs a more compact construction ܒܡܢܐ ܬܬܡܠܚ ('with what will it be salted'), using a passive/reflexive form and omitting an explicit object pronoun.

Greek places verb first (ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἅλα); Vulgate mirrors this order (Habete in vobis sal); Peshitta inverts to jussive ܬܗܘܐ ܒܟܘܢ ܡܠܚܐ ('let there be in you salt'), using a third-person jussive construction rather than second-person imperative, reflecting typical Syriac hortatory syntax.

Vulgate inserts colon after sal to mark the end of the opening statement, a punctuation convention absent in Greek and Peshitta manuscript traditions.