Acts 12:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 12:6 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 →
ὅτε
hóte
G3753
when
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἤμελλεν
méllō
G3195
to be about
προαγαγεῖν
proágō
G4254
to lead forward
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
Ἡρῴδης
Hērṓdēs
G2264
Herod
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
νυκτὶ
nýx
G3571
night
ἐκείνῃ
ekeînos
G1565
that one
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
Πέτρος
Pétros
G4074
Peter
κοιμώμενος
koimáō
G2837
to sleep
μεταξὺ
metaxý
G3342
between
δύο
dýo
G1417
two
στρατιωτῶν
stratiṓtēs
G4757
soldier
δεδεμένος
déō
G1210
to bind
ἁλύσεσιν
hálysis
G254
chain
δυσίν
dýo
G1417
two
φύλακές
phýlax
G5441
guard
τε
té
G5037
and
πρὸ
pró
G4253
before
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
θύρας
thýra
G2374
door
ἐτήρουν
tēréō
G5083
to guard
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
φυλακήν
phylakḗ
G5438
guard
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
The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And when Herod was going to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were watching the prison.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).