Luke 7:24 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 7:24 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 →
Ἀπελθόντων
apérchomai
G565
to depart
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ἀγγέλων
ángelos
G32
angel
Ἰωάννου
Iōánnēs
G2491
John
ἤρξατο
árchomai
G756
to lead
λέγειν
légō
G3004
to say
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
ὄχλους
óchlos
G3793
multitude
περὶ
perí
G4012
about
Ἰωάννου
Iōánnēs
G2491
John
τί
tís
G5101
who
ἐξεληλύθατε
exérchomai
G1831
to come forth
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ἔρημον
érēmos
G2048
desolate
θεάσασθαι
theáomai
G2300
to behold
κάλαμον
kálamos
G2563
reed
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
ἀνέμου
ánemos
G417
wind
σαλευόμενον
saleúō
G4531
to shake
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World English Bible Public Domain
When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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King James Version Public Domain
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then after the messengers of John had gone away, he began to say to the crowds concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).