Acts 2:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ εἰρημένον διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Ἰωήλ·

Transliteration

But this estin the eirēmenon through the prophētou Iōēl:

Grammar Details

• *estin*: present active, 3rd person singular - is
• *eirēmenon*: perfect passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been spoken
• *prophētou*: genitive, masculine, singular - prophet
• *Iōēl*: genitive proper noun - Joel

Word Meanings

• *eirēmenon*: having been spoken/said/uttered

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But this is that which was spoken by ye Prophete Iohel:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

• World English Bible (2000)

  But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:28-32 : 28 And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my male and female servants, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. 30 I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. 32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.