Luke 19:31 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 19:31 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
ἐάν
eán
G1437
if
τις
tìs
G5100
a certain
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἐρωτᾷ
erōtáō
G2065
to ask
διατί
diatí
G1302
through
λύετε
lýō
G3089
to loose
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
ἐρεῖτε
eréō
G2046
to speak
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
κύριος
kýrios
G2962
Lord
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
χρείαν
chreía
G5532
necessity
ἔχει
échō
G2192
to have
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
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"
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King James Version Public Domain
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ thus you will say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).