Luke 16:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 16:17 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 →
εὐκοπώτερον
eukopṓteros
G2123
easy
δέ
dé
G1161
but
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανὸν
ouranós
G3772
heaven
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
γῆν
gē
G1093
earth
παρελθεῖν
parérchomai
G3928
to pass by
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
νόμου
nómos
G3551
law
μίαν
heîs
G1520
one
κεραίαν
keraía
G2762
little horn
πεσεῖν
píptō
G4098
to fall
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 is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of the law to fall.
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