Exodus 20:25 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 20:25 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 →
וְאִם
ʼim
H518
if
מִזְבַּ֤ח
mizbêach
H4196
altar
אֲבָנִים֙
ʼeben
H68
stone
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לִּ֔י
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִבְנֶ֥ה
bânâh
H1129
to build
אֶתְהֶ֖ן
ʼêth
H853
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גָּזִ֑ית
gâzîyth
H1496
hewing
כִּ֧י
kîy
H3588
that
חַרְבְּךָ֛
chereb
H2719
sword
הֵנַ֥פְתָּ
nûwph
H5130
to wave
עָלֶ֖יהָ
ʻal
H5921
upon
וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ
châlal
H2490
to profane
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
If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
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King James Version Public Domain
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And if you make me an altar of stones, you shall not build them of cut stones, for causing your tool to move over it will defile it.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).