Ephesians 4:29 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEphesians 4:29 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 →
πᾶς
pâs
G3956
all
λόγος
lógos
G3056
word
σαπρὸς
saprós
G4550
rotten
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
στόματος
stóma
G4750
mouth
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
ἐκπορευέσθω
ekporeúomai
G1607
to go forth
ἀλλὰ
allá
G235
but
εἴ
ei
G1487
if
τις
tìs
G5100
a certain
ἀγαθὸς
agathós
G18
good
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
οἰκοδομὴν
oikodomḗ
G3619
building
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
χρείας
chreía
G5532
necessity
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
δῷ
dídōmi
G1325
to give
χάριν
cháris
G5485
grace
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
ἀκούουσιν
akoúō
G191
to hear
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
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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King James Version Public Domain
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Do not let any corrupt talk come out from your mouth, but whatever good for building up of the need, so that it might give grace to the hearers,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).