Mark 4:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMark 4:21 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 →
Καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔλεγεν
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
μήτι
mḗti
G3385
whether
ἔρχεται
érchomai
G2064
to come
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
λύχνος
lýchnos
G3088
lamp
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
μόδιον
módios
G3426
modius
τεθῇ
títhēmi
G5087
to place
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
κλίνην
klínē
G2825
couch
οὐχ
ou
G3756
not
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
λυχνίαν
lychnía
G3087
lampstand
τεθῇ
títhēmi
G5087
to place
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
He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand?
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King James Version Public Domain
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he was saying to them, “The lamp does not come so that it might be put under the basket or under the bed, does it? Is it not so that it might be put on the lampstand?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).