Philippians 4:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPhilippians 4:12 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 →
οἶδα
eídō
G1492
to see
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ταπεινοῦσθαι
tapeinóō
G5013
to humble
οἶδα
eídō
G1492
to see
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
περισσεύειν
perisseúō
G4052
to abound
ἐν
en
G1722
in
παντὶ
pâs
G3956
all
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐν
en
G1722
in
πᾶσιν
pâs
G3956
all
μεμύημαι
myéō
G3453
to initiate
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
χορτάζεσθαι
chortázō
G5526
to feed
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πεινᾶν
peináō
G3983
to hunger
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
περισσεύειν
perisseúō
G4052
to abound
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὑστερεῖσθαι
hysteréō
G5302
to fall short
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
I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
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King James Version Public Domain
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I know both to be brought low, and I know to abound. In each and in all, I have learned both to be filled and to be hungry, and to abound and to be in need.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).