Acts 11:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 11:5 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 →
ἐγὼ
egṓ
G1473
I
ἤμην
eimí
G1510
to be
ἐν
en
G1722
in
πόλει
pólis
G4172
city
Ἰόππῃ
Ióppē
G2445
Joppa
προσευχόμενος
proseúchomai
G4336
to pray
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
εἶδον
horáō
G3708
to see
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἐκστάσει
ékstasis
G1611
displacement
ὅραμα
hórama
G3705
vision
καταβαῖνον
katabaínō
G2597
to descend
σκεῦός
skeûos
G4632
vessel
τι
tìs
G5100
a certain
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ὀθόνην
othónē
G3607
linen
μεγάλην
mégas
G3173
great
τέσσαρσιν
téssares
G5064
four
ἀρχαῖς
archḗ
G746
beginning
καθιεμένην
kathíēmi
G2524
to send down
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῦ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἦλθεν
érchomai
G2064
to come
ἄχρι
áchri
G891
until
ἐμοῦ
egṓ
G1473
I
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 was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
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King James Version Public Domain
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“I was praying in the city of Joppa, and in a trance I saw a vision of a certain container coming down, like a large sheet being let down from the sky by four corners, and it came unto me,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).