Matthew 2:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 2:8 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
πέμψας
pémpō
G3992
to send
αὐτοὺς
autós
G846
he
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
Βηθλέεμ
Bēthleém
G965
Bethlehem
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
πορευθέντες
poreúomai
G4198
to go
ἐξετάσατε
exetázō
G1833
to search out
ἀκριβῶς
akribōs
G199
exactly
περὶ
perí
G4012
about
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
παιδίου
paidíon
G3813
small child
ἐπὰν
epán
G1875
after
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
εὕρητε
heurískō
G2147
to find
ἀπαγγείλατέ
apangéllō
G518
to report
μοι
egṓ
G1473
I
ὅπως
hópōs
G3704
how
κἀγὼ
kagṓ
G2504
and I
ἐλθὼν
érchomai
G2064
to come
προσκυνήσω
proskynéō
G4352
to worship
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, “Having gone, search carefully for the young child, and after you have found him, report to me so that I also, having come, might worship him.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).