Acts 12:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 12:9 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
ἐξελθὼν
exérchomai
G1831
to come forth
ἠκολούθει
akolouthéō
G190
to follow
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ᾔδει
eídō
G1492
to see
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἀληθές
alēthḗs
G227
true
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
γινόμενον
gínomai
G1096
to become
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἀγγέλου
ángelos
G32
angel
ἐδόκει
dokéō
G1380
to think
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὅραμα
hórama
G3705
vision
βλέπειν
blépō
G991
to see
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
And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And going out, he followed him, but he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but he was thinking he was seeing a vision.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).