Luke 19:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 19:3 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
ἐζήτει
zētéō
G2212
to seek
ἰδεῖν
horáō
G3708
to see
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
Ἰησοῦν
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
τίς
tís
G5101
who
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἠδύνατο
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ὄχλου
óchlos
G3793
multitude
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
ἡλικίᾳ
hēlikía
G2244
age
μικρὸς
mikrós
G3398
small
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
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World English Bible Public Domain
He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he was trying to see Jesus, who he was, but he was not able from the crowd, because he was small in stature.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).