Luke 2:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 2:1 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 →
Ἐγένετο
gínomai
G1096
to become
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ταῖς
ho
G3588
the
ἡμέραις
hēméra
G2250
day
ἐκείναις
ekeînos
G1565
that one
ἐξῆλθεν
exérchomai
G1831
to come forth
δόγμα
dógma
G1378
decree
παρὰ
pará
G3844
from
Καίσαρος
Kaîsar
G2541
Caesar
Αὐγούστου
Augoûstos
G828
Augustus
ἀπογράφεσθαι
apográphō
G583
to register
πᾶσαν
pâs
G3956
all
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
οἰκουμένην
oikouménē
G3625
world
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
-
King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And in those days, it happened that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for all the world to register.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).