1 Kings 3:8 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 3:8 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 →
וְעַ֨בְדְּךָ֔
ʻebed
H5650
servant
בְּת֥וֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
עַמְּךָ֖
ʻam
H5971
people
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
בָּחָ֑רְתָּ
bâchar
H977
to choose
עַם
ʻam
H5971
people
רָ֕ב
rab
H7227
many
אֲשֶׁ֧ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִמָּנֶ֛ה
mânâh
H4487
to count
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִסָּפֵ֖ר
çâphar
H5608
to count
מֵרֹֽב
rôb
H7230
multitude
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
Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
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King James Version Public Domain
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And your servant in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, an abundant people who can not be numbered and can not be counted from abundance.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).