Matthew 21:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 21:5 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 →
εἴπατε
légō
G3004
to say
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
θυγατρὶ
thygátēr
G2364
daughter
Σιών
Siṓn
G4622
Zion
ἰδοὺ
horáō
G3708
to see
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
βασιλεύς
basileús
G935
king
σου
sý
G4771
you
ἔρχεταί
érchomai
G2064
to come
σοι
sý
G4771
you
πραῢς
praÿs
G4239
meekness
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐπιβεβηκὼς
epibaínō
G1910
to mount
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
ὄνον
ónos
G3688
donkey
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
πῶλον
pōlos
G4454
colt
υἱὸν
huiós
G5207
son
ὑποζυγίου
hypozýgion
G5268
beast of burden
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
"Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
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King James Version Public Domain
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, a son of a beast of burden.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).