Genesis 24:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 24:16 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 →
וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗
naʻărâh
H5291
girl
טֹבַ֤ת
ṭôwb
H2896
good
מַרְאֶה֙
marʼeh
H4758
sight
מְאֹ֔ד
mᵉʼôd
H3966
exceedingly
בְּתוּלָ֕ה
bᵉthûwlâh
H1330
virgin
וְאִ֖ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יְדָעָ֑הּ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
וַתֵּ֣רֶד
yârad
H3381
to go down
הָעַ֔יְנָה
ʻayin
H5869
eye
וַתְּמַלֵּ֥א
mâlêʼ
H4390
to fill
כַדָּ֖הּ
kad
H3537
jar
וַתָּֽעַל
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
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
The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the young woman a very beautiful-looking virgin, and a man had not known her. And she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).