1 Corinthians 12:21 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Corinthians 12:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
δύναται
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ὀφθαλμὸς
ophthalmós
G3788
eye
εἰπεῖν
légō
G3004
to say
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
χειρί
cheír
G5495
hand
χρείαν
chreía
G5532
necessity
σου
sý
G4771
you
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔχω
échō
G2192
to have
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
πάλιν
pálin
G3825
again
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
κεφαλὴ
kephalḗ
G2776
head
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
ποσίν
poús
G4228
foot
χρείαν
chreía
G5532
necessity
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔχω
échō
G2192
to have
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."
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King James Version Public Domain
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now the eye is not able to say to the hand, “I do not have need of you,” or again, the head to the feet, “I do not have need of you.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).