Revelation 8:11 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 8:11 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
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ὄνομα
ónoma
G3686
name
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἀστέρος
astḗr
G792
star
λέγεται
légō
G3004
to say
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἄψινθος
ápsinthos
G894
wormwood
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐγένετο
gínomai
G1096
to become
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
τρίτον
trítos
G5154
third
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ὑδάτων
hýdōr
G5204
water
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
ἄψινθον
ápsinthos
G894
wormwood
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πολλοὶ
polýs
G4183
many
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ἀνθρώπων
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
ἀπέθανον
apothnḗskō
G599
to die
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ὑδάτων
hýdōr
G5204
water
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἐπικράνθησαν
pikraínō
G4087
to embitter
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
The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died from the waters that had been made bitter.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).