Acts 28:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 28:4 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 →
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
εἶδον
horáō
G3708
to see
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
βάρβαροι
bárbaros
G915
barbarian
κρεμάμενον
kremánnymi
G2910
to hang
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
θηρίον
thēríon
G2342
wild animal
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
χειρὸς
cheír
G5495
hand
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
ἀλλήλους
allḗlōn
G240
one another
ἔλεγον
légō
G3004
to say
πάντως
pántōs
G3843
altogether
φονεύς
phoneús
G5406
murderer
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἄνθρωπος
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
οὗτος
hoûtos
G3778
this
ὃν
hós
G3739
who
διασωθέντα
diasṓzō
G1295
to save
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
θαλάσσης
thálassa
G2281
sea
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
δίκη
díkē
G1349
judgment
ζῆν
záō
G2198
to live
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
εἴασεν
eáō
G1439
to allow
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World English Bible Public Domain
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
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King James Version Public Domain
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And as the barbarians saw the creature hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another, “This man is certainly a murderer, whom, having been saved from the sea, Justice has not permitted to live.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).