Acts 13:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 13:21 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 →
κἀκεῖθεν
kakeîthen
G2547
of place
ᾐτήσαντο
aitéō
G154
to ask
βασιλέα
basileús
G935
king
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔδωκεν
dídōmi
G1325
to give
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
Σαοὺλ
Saoúl
G4549
Saul
υἱὸν
huiós
G5207
son
Κείς
Kís
G2797
Kish
ἄνδρα
anḗr
G435
man
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
φυλῆς
phylḗ
G5443
tribe
Βενιαμείν
Beniamín
G958
Benjamin
ἔτη
étos
G2094
year
τεσσεράκοντα
tessarákonta
G5062
forty
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
Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
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King James Version Public Domain
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And then they requested a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).