Galatians 4:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGalatians 4:9 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 →
νῦν
nŷn
G3568
now
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γνόντες
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
θεόν
theós
G2316
God
μᾶλλον
mâllon
G3123
more
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γνωσθέντες
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
πῶς
pōs
G4459
how
ἐπιστρέφετε
epistréphō
G1994
to turn
πάλιν
pálin
G3825
again
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ἀσθενῆ
asthenḗs
G772
weak
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πτωχὰ
ptōchós
G4434
poor
στοιχεῖα
stoicheîon
G4747
element
οἷς
hós
G3739
who
πάλιν
pálin
G3825
again
ἄνωθεν
ánōthen
G509
from above
δουλεῦσαι
douleúō
G1398
to serve
θέλετε
thélō
G2309
to will
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
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elements, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
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King James Version Public Domain
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But now, having come to know God, or rather, having come to be known by God, how are you turning again to the weak and worthless elemental principles to which once more you want to be enslaved again?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).