Mark 8:24

In 9 translations

BSB

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

KJV

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

WEB

He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.”

ASV

And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.

LSV

and he, having looked up, said, “I behold men, as I see trees, walking.”

YLT

and he, having looked up, said, 'I behold men, as I see trees, walking.'

DBY

And having looked up, he said, I behold men, for I see [them], as trees, walking.

DRC

And looking up, he said: I see men as it were trees, walking.

GNV

And he looked vp, and said, I see men: for I see them walking like trees.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ ἀναβλέψας ἔλεγεν· Βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ περιπατοῦντας.

RP2018

Καὶ ἀναβλέψας ἔλεγεν, Βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ περιπατοῦντας.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἀναβλέψας ἔλεγε, Βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ περιπατοῦντας.ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ ¦ ἀνθρώπους ὡς δένδρα SCR

SCR1894

και αναβλεψας ελεγεν βλεπω τους ανθρωπους ως δενδρα περιπατουντας

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
• 1 Corinthians 13:9–12For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set…
• Isaiah 32:3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
• Judges 9:36When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”

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