John 16:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 16:21 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 →
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
γυνὴ
gynḗ
G1135
woman
ὅταν
hótan
G3752
when
τίκτῃ
tíktō
G5088
to produce
λύπην
lýpē
G3077
grief
ἔχει
échō
G2192
to have
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἦλθεν
érchomai
G2064
to come
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ὥρα
hṓra
G5610
hour
αὐτῆς
autós
G846
he
ὅταν
hótan
G3752
when
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γεννήσῃ
gennáō
G1080
to beget
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
παιδίον
paidíon
G3813
small child
οὐκέτι
oukéti
G3765
no longer
μνημονεύει
mnēmoneúō
G3421
to remember
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
θλίψεως
thlîpsis
G2347
affliction
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
χαρὰν
chará
G5479
joy
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἐγεννήθη
gennáō
G1080
to beget
ἄνθρωπος
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
κόσμον
kósmos
G2889
world
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
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
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King James Version Public Domain
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When a woman gives birth, she has pain because her hour has come, but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers her suffering, because of the joy that a man has been born into the world.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).