Acts 13:47 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 13:47 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 →
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ἐντέταλται
entéllomai
G1781
to command
ἡμῖν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
κύριος
kýrios
G2962
Lord
τέθεικά
títhēmi
G5087
to place
σε
sý
G4771
you
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
φῶς
phōs
G5457
light
ἐθνῶν
éthnos
G1484
nation
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
εἶναί
eimí
G1510
to be
σε
sý
G4771
you
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
σωτηρίαν
sōtēría
G4991
salvation
ἕως
héōs
G2193
until
ἐσχάτου
éschatos
G2078
last
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
γῆς
gē
G1093
earth
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
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, That you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
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King James Version Public Domain
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For thus the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have placed you as a light for the Gentiles, for you to be for salvation as far as the end of the earth.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).