Revelation 2:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 2:20 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 →
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ἔχω
échō
G2192
to have
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
σοῦ
sý
G4771
you
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἀφεῖς
aphíēmi
G863
to send away
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
γυναῖκα
gynḗ
G1135
woman
Ἰεζάβελ
Iezabḗl
G2403
Jezebel
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
λέγουσα
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτὴν
autós
G846
he
προφῆτιν
prophētis
G4398
prophetess
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
διδάσκει
didáskō
G1321
to teach
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πλανᾷ
planáō
G4105
to lead astray
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
ἐμοὺς
emós
G1699
my
δούλους
doûlos
G1401
slave
πορνεῦσαι
porneúō
G4203
to commit immorality
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
φαγεῖν
phágō
G5315
to eat
εἰδωλόθυτα
eidōlóthyton
G1494
idol meat
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World English Bible Public Domain
But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
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King James Version Public Domain
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one calling herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives my servants to be sexually immoral and to eat idol-offerings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).