Acts 16:27 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 16:27 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 →
ἔξυπνος
éxypnos
G1853
awakened
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γενόμενος
gínomai
G1096
to become
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
δεσμοφύλαξ
desmophýlax
G1200
jailer
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἰδὼν
horáō
G3708
to see
ἀνεῳγμένας
anoígō
G455
to open
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
θύρας
thýra
G2374
door
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
φυλακῆς
phylakḗ
G5438
guard
σπασάμενος
spáō
G4685
to draw
μάχαιραν
máchaira
G3162
knife
ἤμελλεν
méllō
G3195
to be about
ἑαυτὸν
heautoû
G1438
himself
ἀναιρεῖν
anairéō
G337
to take away
νομίζων
nomízō
G3543
to hold custom
ἐκπεφευγέναι
ekpheúgō
G1628
to flee away
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
δεσμίους
désmios
G1198
bound
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World English Bible Public Domain
The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the jailer became awake, and seeing the prison doors having been opened, having drawn sword, he was about to kill himself, thinking the prisoners to have escaped.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).