2 Timothy 2:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Timothy 2:4 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 →
οὐδεὶς
oudeís
G3762
nothing
στρατευόμενος
strateúomai
G4754
to serve as soldier
ἐμπλέκεται
emplékō
G1707
to entangle
ταῖς
ho
G3588
the
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
βίου
bíos
G979
life
πραγματείαις
pragmateía
G4230
practice
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
στρατολογήσαντι
stratologéō
G4758
to gather army
ἀρέσῃ
aréskō
G700
to please
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
No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
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King James Version Public Domain
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
No one serving as a soldier is entangled in the affairs of life, so that he may please the one having enlisted him.
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