Luke 9:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 9:14 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 →
ἦσαν
eimí
G1510
to be
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὡσεὶ
hōseí
G5616
as it were
ἄνδρες
anḗr
G435
man
πεντακισχίλιοι
pentakischílioi
G4000
five thousand
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
μαθητὰς
mathētḗs
G3101
disciple
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
κατακλίνατε
kataklínō
G2625
to recline
αὐτοὺς
autós
G846
he
κλισίας
klisía
G2828
tent
ἀνὰ
aná
G303
among
πεντήκοντα
pentḗkonta
G4004
fifty
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World English Bible Public Domain
For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
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King James Version Public Domain
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
(For there were about 5,000 men.) Then he said to his disciples, “Have them recline to eat in groups of about 50 each.”
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