Luke 6:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 6:9 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 →
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
αὐτούς
autós
G846
he
ἐπερωτῶ
eperōtáō
G1905
to ask
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
εἰ
ei
G1487
if
ἔξεστιν
éxesti
G1832
it is lawful
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
σαββάτῳ
sábbaton
G4521
Sabbath
ἀγαθοποιῆσαι
agathopoiéō
G15
to do good
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
κακοποιῆσαι
kakopoiéō
G2554
to do evil
ψυχὴν
psychḗ
G5590
soul
σῶσαι
sṓzō
G4982
to save
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἀπολέσαι
apóllymi
G622
to destroy
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
Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"
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King James Version Public Domain
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you if lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).