Luke 6:48 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 6:48 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 →
ὅμοιός
hómoios
G3664
like
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἀνθρώπῳ
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
οἰκοδομοῦντι
oikodoméō
G3618
to build
οἰκίαν
oikía
G3614
house
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
ἔσκαψεν
skáptō
G4626
to dig
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐβάθυνεν
bathýnō
G900
deep
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔθηκεν
títhēmi
G5087
to place
θεμέλιον
themélios
G2310
foundation
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
πέτραν
pétra
G4073
rock
πλημμύρης
plḗmmyra
G4132
flood
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γενομένης
gínomai
G1096
to become
προσέρηξεν
prosrḗgnymi
G4366
to break against
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ποταμὸς
potamós
G4215
river
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
οἰκίᾳ
oikía
G3614
house
ἐκείνῃ
ekeînos
G1565
that one
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἴσχυσεν
ischýō
G2480
to be strong
σαλεῦσαι
saleúō
G4531
to shake
αὐτὴν
autós
G846
he
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
καλῶς
kalōs
G2573
well
οἰκοδομῆσθαι
oikodoméō
G3618
to build
αὐτήν
autós
G846
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
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King James Version Public Domain
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
He is like a man building a house, who dug down and dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock. Then a flood having come, the torrent of water flowed against that house, but it could not shake it, because it had been built well.
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