1 Corinthians 9:10 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Corinthians 9:10 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 →
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
δι’
diá
G1223
through
ἡμᾶς
hēmeîs
G2249
we
πάντως
pántōs
G3843
altogether
λέγει
légō
G3004
to say
δι’
diá
G1223
through
ἡμᾶς
hēmeîs
G2249
we
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ἐγράφη
gráphō
G1125
to write
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ὀφείλει
opheílō
G3784
to owe
ἐπ’
epí
G1909
upon
ἐλπίδι
elpís
G1680
hope
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἀροτριῶν
arotrióō
G722
to plough
ἀροτριᾶν
arotrióō
G722
to plough
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἀλοῶν
aloáō
G248
to thresh
ἐπ’
epí
G1909
upon
ἐλπίδι
elpís
G1680
hope
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
μετέχειν
metéchō
G3348
to partake
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
or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
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King James Version Public Domain
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Or is he speaking entirely for our sake? For it was written for our sake that the one plowing ought to plow in hope, and the one threshing, in hope of sharing the harvest.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).