Luke 2:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 2:20 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
ὑπέστρεψαν
hypostréphō
G5290
to turn back
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
ποιμένες
poimḗn
G4166
shepherd
δοξάζοντες
doxázō
G1392
to glorify
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
αἰνοῦντες
ainéō
G134
to praise
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
θεὸν
theós
G2316
God
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
πᾶσιν
pâs
G3956
all
οἷς
hós
G3739
who
ἤκουσαν
akoúō
G191
to hear
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἴδον
horáō
G3708
to see
καθὼς
kathṓs
G2531
according as
ἐλαλήθη
laléō
G2980
to speak
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
αὐτούς
autós
G846
he
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
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for everything that they had heard and seen, just as it had been spoken to them.
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