Luke 12:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 12:20 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
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεός
theós
G2316
God
ἄφρων
áphrōn
G878
foolish
ταύτῃ
hoûtos
G3778
this
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
νυκτὶ
nýx
G3571
night
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ψυχήν
psychḗ
G5590
soul
σου
sý
G4771
you
ἀπαιτοῦσιν
apaitéō
G523
to demand back
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
σοῦ
sý
G4771
you
ἃ
hós
G3739
who
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἡτοίμασας
hetoimázō
G2090
to prepare
τίνι
tís
G5101
who
ἔσται
eimí
G1510
to be
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
"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
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King James Version Public Domain
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But God said to him, ‘Foolish one, this night they are demanding your soul from you, and what you have prepared, whose will it be?’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).