John 12:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 12:6 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 →
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
τοῦτο
hoûtos
G3778
this
οὐχ
ou
G3756
not
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
περὶ
perí
G4012
about
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
πτωχῶν
ptōchós
G4434
poor
ἔμελεν
mélō
G3199
to care about
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
κλέπτης
kléptēs
G2812
embezzler
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
γλωσσόκομον
glōssókomon
G1101
box
ἔχων
échō
G2192
to have
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
βαλλόμενα
bállō
G906
to throw
ἐβάσταζεν
bastázō
G941
to take 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
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
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King James Version Public Domain
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
(Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the moneybag, he was stealing the things being put in it.)
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).