Matthew 14:26 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 14:26 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 →
ἰδόντες
horáō
G3708
to see
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
θαλάσσης
thálassa
G2281
sea
περιπατοῦντα
peripatéō
G4043
to walk
ἐταράχθησαν
tarássō
G5015
to disturb
λέγοντες
légō
G3004
to say
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
φάντασμά
phántasma
G5326
apparition
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
φόβου
phóbos
G5401
fear
ἔκραξαν
krázō
G2896
to croak
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
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the disciples, having seen him walking on the sea, were greatly troubled, saying, “It is a ghost,” and they cried out from fear.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).