Galatians 4:27 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGalatians 4:27 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 →
γέγραπται
gráphō
G1125
to write
γάρ
gár
G1063
for
εὐφράνθητι
euphraínō
G2165
to gladden
στεῖρα
steíros
G4723
hard
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
τίκτουσα
tíktō
G5088
to produce
ῥῆξον
rhḗgnymi
G4486
to break asunder
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
βόησον
boáō
G994
to cry out
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ὠδίνουσα
ōdínō
G5605
to travail
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
πολλὰ
polýs
G4183
many
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
τέκνα
téknon
G5043
child
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ἐρήμου
érēmos
G2048
desolate
μᾶλλον
mâllon
G3123
more
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ἐχούσης
échō
G2192
to have
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
ἄνδρα
anḗr
G435
man
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World English Bible Public Domain
For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
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King James Version Public Domain
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren woman, the one not giving birth; break forth and shout, you not suffering the pains of childbirth; because the children of the desolate one many more than of the one having a husband.”
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