Titus 1:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsTitus 1:5 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 →
Τούτου
hoûtos
G3778
this
χάριν
chárin
G5484
for
ἀπέλιπόν
apoleípō
G620
to abandon
σε
sý
G4771
you
ἐν
en
G1722
in
Κρήτῃ
Krḗtē
G2914
Crete
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
λείποντα
leípō
G3007
to leave
ἐπιδιορθώσῃ
epidiorthóō
G1930
to set in order
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
καταστήσῃς
kathístēmi
G2525
to place
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
πόλιν
pólis
G4172
city
πρεσβυτέρους
presbýteros
G4245
elder
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ἐγώ
egṓ
G1473
I
σοι
sý
G4771
you
διεταξάμην
diatássō
G1299
to appoint
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 left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
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King James Version Public Domain
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For this purpose I left you in Crete, that you might set in order the things not yet being complete and ordain elders in every city as I directed you—
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).