Matthew 21:38 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 21:38 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 →
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γεωργοὶ
geōrgós
G1092
farmer
ἰδόντες
horáō
G3708
to see
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
υἱὸν
huiós
G5207
son
εἶπον
légō
G3004
to say
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἑαυτοῖς
heautoû
G1438
himself
οὗτός
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
κληρονόμος
klēronómos
G2818
heir
δεῦτε
deûte
G1205
come here
ἀποκτείνωμεν
apokteínō
G615
to kill
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
σχῶμεν
échō
G2192
to have
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
κληρονομίαν
klēronomía
G2817
inheritance
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
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
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
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King James Version Public Domain
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the farmers, having seen the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).