Luke 15:32 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 15:32 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 →
εὐφρανθῆναι
euphraínō
G2165
to gladden
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
χαρῆναι
chaírō
G5463
to rejoice
ἔδει
deî
G1163
it is necessary
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἀδελφός
adelphós
G80
brother
σου
sý
G4771
you
οὗτος
hoûtos
G3778
this
νεκρὸς
nekrós
G3498
dead
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔζησεν
záō
G2198
to live
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀπολωλὼς
apóllymi
G622
to destroy
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
εὑρέθη
heurískō
G2147
to find
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 it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"
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King James Version Public Domain
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But it was proper to celebrate and to rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead, and lived, and he had been lost, and was found.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).