Acts 7:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 7:6 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 →
ἐλάλησεν
laléō
G2980
to speak
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἔσται
eimí
G1510
to be
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
σπέρμα
spérma
G4690
seed
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
πάροικον
pároikos
G3941
stranger
ἐν
en
G1722
in
γῇ
gē
G1093
earth
ἀλλοτρίᾳ
allótrios
G245
foreign
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
δουλώσουσιν
doulóō
G1402
to enslave
αὐτὸ
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κακώσουσιν
kakóō
G2559
to oppress
ἔτη
étos
G2094
year
τετρακόσια
tetrakósioi
G5071
four hundred
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
God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
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King James Version Public Domain
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But God spoke to him like this, that his seed would be a stranger in a foreign land, and that they would enslave him and treat him badly for 400 years.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).