Matthew 19:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 19:16 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
ἰδοὺ
horáō
G3708
to see
εἷς
heîs
G1520
one
προσελθὼν
prosérchomai
G4334
to draw near
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
διδάσκαλε
didáskalos
G1320
teacher
τί
tís
G5101
who
ἀγαθὸν
agathós
G18
good
ποιήσω
poiéō
G4160
to make
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
σχῶ
échō
G2192
to have
ζωὴν
zōḗ
G2222
life
αἰώνιον
aiṓnios
G166
eternal
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
Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And behold, one, having approached him, said, “Teacher, what good thing should I do in order that I might have eternal life?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).