John 8:33 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 8:33 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 →
ἀπεκρίθησαν
apokrínomai
G611
to answer
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
σπέρμα
spérma
G4690
seed
Ἀβραάμ
Abraám
G11
Abraham
ἐσμεν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐδενὶ
oudeís
G3762
nothing
δεδουλεύκαμεν
douleúō
G1398
to serve
πώποτε
pṓpote
G4455
ever
πῶς
pōs
G4459
how
σὺ
sý
G4771
you
λέγεις
légō
G3004
to say
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἐλεύθεροι
eleútheros
G1658
free
γενήσεσθε
gínomai
G1096
to become
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
They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
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King James Version Public Domain
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
They replied to him, “We are the seed of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone; how can you say, ‘You will be free’?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).