Acts 17:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 17:20 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 →
ξενίζοντα
xenízō
G3579
to entertain
γάρ
gár
G1063
for
τινα
tìs
G5100
a certain
εἰσφέρεις
eisphérō
G1533
to bring in
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
ἀκοὰς
akoḗ
G189
ear
ἡμῶν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
βουλόμεθα
boúlomai
G1014
to will
οὖν
oûn
G3767
therefore
γνῶναι
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
τίνα
tís
G5101
who
θέλει
thélō
G2309
to will
ταῦτα
hoûtos
G3778
this
εἶναι
eimí
G1510
to be
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."
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King James Version Public Domain
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For you are bringing some startling things into our ears. Therefore, we wish to know what these things want to be.”
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