Luke 2:26 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 2:26 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
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
κεχρηματισμένον
chrēmatízō
G5537
to manage affairs
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
πνεύματος
pneûma
G4151
spirit
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἁγίου
hágios
G40
saint
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
ἰδεῖν
horáō
G3708
to see
θάνατον
thánatos
G2288
death
πρὶν
prín
G4250
before
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἂν
án
G302
if
ἴδῃ
horáō
G3708
to see
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
Χριστὸν
Christós
G5547
Christ
κυρίου
kýrios
G2962
Lord
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
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).