Acts 5:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 5:23 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 →
λέγοντες
légō
G3004
to say
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
δεσμωτήριον
desmōtḗrion
G1201
prison
εὕρομεν
heurískō
G2147
to find
κεκλεισμένον
kleíō
G2808
to shut
ἐν
en
G1722
in
πάσῃ
pâs
G3956
all
ἀσφαλείᾳ
aspháleia
G803
security
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
φύλακας
phýlax
G5441
guard
ἑστῶτας
hístēmi
G2476
to stand
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
θυρῶν
thýra
G2374
door
ἀνοίξαντες
anoígō
G455
to open
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἔσω
ésō
G2080
within
οὐδένα
oudeís
G3762
nothing
εὕρομεν
heurískō
G2147
to find
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
"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"
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King James Version Public Domain
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
saying, “We found the prison shut in all security and the guards standing at the doors, but having opened, we found no one inside.”
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