Luke 1:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 1:17 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 →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
αὐτὸς
autós
G846
he
προελεύσεται
proérchomai
G4281
to go before
ἐνώπιον
enṓpion
G1799
before
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ἐν
en
G1722
in
πνεύματι
pneûma
G4151
spirit
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
δυνάμει
dýnamis
G1411
power
Ἡλεία
Hēlías
G2243
Elijah
ἐπιστρέψαι
epistréphō
G1994
to turn
καρδίας
kardía
G2588
heart
πατέρων
patḗr
G3962
father
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τέκνα
téknon
G5043
child
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀπειθεῖς
apeithḗs
G545
disobedient
ἐν
en
G1722
in
φρονήσει
phrónēsis
G5428
wisdom
δικαίων
díkaios
G1342
righteous
ἑτοιμάσαι
hetoimázō
G2090
to prepare
κυρίῳ
kýrios
G2962
Lord
λαὸν
laós
G2992
people
κατεσκευασμένον
kataskeuázō
G2680
to prepare
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World English Bible Public Domain
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).