Matthew 17:10 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 17:10 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
ἐπηρώτησαν
eperōtáō
G1905
to ask
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
μαθηταὶ
mathētḗs
G3101
disciple
λέγοντες
légō
G3004
to say
τί
tís
G5101
who
οὖν
oûn
G3767
therefore
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
γραμματεῖς
grammateús
G1122
scribe
λέγουσιν
légō
G3004
to say
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
Ἡλείαν
Hēlías
G2243
Elijah
δεῖ
deî
G1163
it is necessary
ἐλθεῖν
érchomai
G2064
to come
πρῶτον
prōton
G4412
first
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
His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And his disciples questioned him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).