Luke 19:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 19:17 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
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
εὖγε
eû
G2095
to prosper
ἀγαθὲ
agathós
G18
good
δοῦλε
doûlos
G1401
slave
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἐλαχίστῳ
eláchistos
G1646
least
πιστὸς
pistós
G4103
faithful
ἐγένου
gínomai
G1096
to become
ἴσθι
eimí
G1510
to be
ἐξουσίαν
exousía
G1849
authority
ἔχων
échō
G2192
to have
ἐπάνω
epánō
G1883
above
δέκα
déka
G1176
ten
πόλεων
pólis
G4172
city
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
"He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
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King James Version Public Domain
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you were faithful in very little, be having authority over ten cities.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).