John 8:53 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 8:53 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 →
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
σὺ
sý
G4771
you
μείζων
mégas
G3173
great
εἶ
eimí
G1510
to be
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
πατρὸς
patḗr
G3962
father
ἡμῶν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
Ἀβραάμ
Abraám
G11
Abraham
ὅστις
hóstis
G3748
whoever
ἀπέθανεν
apothnḗskō
G599
to die
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
προφῆται
prophḗtēs
G4396
prophet
ἀπέθανον
apothnḗskō
G599
to die
τίνα
tís
G5101
who
σεαυτὸν
seautoû
G4572
yourself
ποιεῖς
poiéō
G4160
to make
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
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
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King James Version Public Domain
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? The prophets also died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).