Luke 22:27 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 22:27 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 →
τίς
tís
G5101
who
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
μείζων
mégas
G3173
great
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνακείμενος
anakeîmai
G345
to dine
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
διακονῶν
diakonéō
G1247
to serve
οὐχὶ
ouchí
G3780
not at all
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνακείμενος
anakeîmai
G345
to dine
ἐγὼ
egṓ
G1473
I
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἐν
en
G1722
in
μέσῳ
mésos
G3319
middle
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
εἰμι
eimí
G1510
to be
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
διακονῶν
diakonéō
G1247
to serve
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
For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.
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King James Version Public Domain
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For who greater, the one reclining to eat or the one serving? not the one reclining to eat? But I am in the midst of you as one serving.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).