Matthew 18:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 18:12 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 →
Τί
tís
G5101
who
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
δοκεῖ
dokéō
G1380
to think
ἐὰν
eán
G1437
if
γένηταί
gínomai
G1096
to become
τινι
tìs
G5100
a certain
ἀνθρώπῳ
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
ἑκατὸν
hekatón
G1540
hundred
πρόβατα
próbaton
G4263
sheep
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πλανηθῇ
planáō
G4105
to lead astray
ἓν
heîs
G1520
one
ἐξ
ek
G1537
from
αὐτῶν
autós
G846
he
οὐχὶ
ouchí
G3780
not at all
ἀφεὶς
aphíēmi
G863
to send away
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ἐνενήκοντα
ennenēkontaennéa
G1768
ninety-nine
ἐννέα
ennéa
G1767
nine
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ὄρη
óros
G3735
mountain
πορευθεὶς
poreúomai
G4198
to go
ζητεῖ
zētéō
G2212
to seek
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
πλανώμενον
planáō
G4105
to lead astray
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
"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
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King James Version Public Domain
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
What do you think? If a certain man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, having left the 99 on the mountains and having gone, does he not seek the one having gone astray?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).