2 Corinthians 5:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Corinthians 5:4 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 →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
ὄντες
eimí
G1510
to be
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
σκήνει
skēnos
G4636
tent
στενάζομεν
stenázō
G4727
to groan
βαρούμενοι
baréō
G916
to burden
ἐφ’
epí
G1909
upon
ᾧ
hós
G3739
who
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
θέλομεν
thélō
G2309
to will
ἐκδύσασθαι
ekdýō
G1562
to put off
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ἐπενδύσασθαι
ependýomai
G1902
to put on over
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
καταποθῇ
katapínō
G2666
to swallow up
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
θνητὸν
thnētós
G2349
mortal
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ζωῆς
zōḗ
G2222
life
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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King James Version Public Domain
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For indeed, we, the ones being in this tent, groan, being burdened, because of which we do not want to be unclothed, but to be fully clothed so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).