Acts 23:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 23:21 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 →
σὺ
sý
G4771
you
οὖν
oûn
G3767
therefore
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
πεισθῇς
peíthō
G3982
to persuade
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ἐνεδρεύουσιν
enedreúō
G1748
to ambush
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
ἐξ
ek
G1537
from
αὐτῶν
autós
G846
he
ἄνδρες
anḗr
G435
man
πλείους
pleíōn
G4119
greater
τεσσεράκοντα
tessarákonta
G5062
forty
οἵτινες
hóstis
G3748
whoever
ἀνεθεμάτισαν
anathematízō
G332
to devote to destruction
ἑαυτοὺς
heautoû
G1438
himself
μήτε
mḗte
G3383
nor
φαγεῖν
phágō
G5315
to eat
μήτε
mḗte
G3383
nor
πιεῖν
pínō
G4095
to drink
ἕως
héōs
G2193
until
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
ἀνέλωσιν
anairéō
G337
to take away
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
νῦν
nŷn
G3568
now
εἰσιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἕτοιμοι
hétoimos
G2092
ready
προσδεχόμενοι
prosdéchomai
G4327
to receive to oneself
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
σοῦ
sý
G4771
you
ἐπαγγελίαν
epangelía
G1860
announcement
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
Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."
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King James Version Public Domain
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore may you not be persuaded by them, because from them more than 40 men wait in ambush for him, who have cursed themselves neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
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