3 John 1:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations3 John 1:4 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 →
μειζοτέραν
mégas
G3173
great
τούτων
hoûtos
G3778
this
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔχω
échō
G2192
to have
χαράν
chará
G5479
joy
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
ἀκούω
akoúō
G191
to hear
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ἐμὰ
emós
G1699
my
τέκνα
téknon
G5043
child
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
ἀληθείᾳ
alḗtheia
G225
truth
περιπατοῦντα
peripatéō
G4043
to walk
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
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
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King James Version Public Domain
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear my children are walking in the truth.
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