Matthew 16:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 16:17 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 →
ἀποκριθεὶς
apokrínomai
G611
to answer
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
μακάριος
makários
G3107
blessed
εἶ
eimí
G1510
to be
Σίμων
Símōn
G4613
Simon
Βαριωνᾶ
Bariōnâs
G920
Cephas
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
σὰρξ
sárx
G4561
flesh
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
αἷμα
haîma
G129
blood
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἀπεκάλυψέν
apokalýptō
G601
to disclose
σοι
sý
G4771
you
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
πατήρ
patḗr
G3962
father
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῖς
ouranós
G3772
heaven
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
Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now answering, Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in the heavens.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).