Matthew 26:51 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear.

English ASV

And behold, one of them that were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

English Amplified

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword and, striking the body servant of the high priest, cut off his ear.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword and, striking the body servant of the high priest, cut off his ear.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his ear.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And behold, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smiting the bondman of the high priest took off his ear.

English EASY 2024

Then one of Jesus' disciples took hold of his sword. He hit the servant of the leader of the priests with it and he cut off the servant's ear.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When that happened, one of the followers with Jesus grabbed his sword and pulled it out. He swung it at the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

One of those who were with Jesus drew his sword and struck at the High Priest's slave, cutting off his ear.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of the chief priest's servant.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest's slave and cut off his ear.

English KJV 1611

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.

English LSB

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew out his sword and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Immediately, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And behold, one of those who accompanied Jesus put his hand to his sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

At that moment, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword. He pulled it out and struck the servant of the high priest with it. He cut off the servant's ear.

English NIV

Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. With that, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

English NKJ 1982

And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

English NLT

One of the men with Jesus pulled out a sword and slashed off an ear of the high priest's servant.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Suddenly, one of those with Jesus put his hand on his sword, drew it, and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But one of the disciples pulled out a dagger and swung it at the servant of the high priest, slashing off his ear.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

One of the men with Jesus pulled out a sword and slashed off the ear of the High Priest's servant.

English Tyndale 1537

And behold, one of them which were with Jesus, stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear.