John 1:30 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 1:30 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 →
οὗτός
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ὑπὲρ
hypér
G5228
over
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
ἐγὼ
egṓ
G1473
I
εἶπον
légō
G3004
to say
ὀπίσω
opísō
G3694
back
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
ἔρχεται
érchomai
G2064
to come
ἀνὴρ
anḗr
G435
man
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
ἔμπροσθέν
émprosthen
G1715
before
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
γέγονεν
gínomai
G1096
to become
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
πρῶτός
prōtos
G4413
first
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
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
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
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King James Version Public Domain
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
This is he concerning whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has become greater than me, for he was before me.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).