11 translations · Greek
Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
Matthew 5:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
- KJV King James Version
- Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- You are the light of the world, a city set on a mountain is not able to be hid;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill can't be hidden.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὑμεῖς | Hymeis | You | G4771 σύ you |
| ἐστε | este | are | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| φῶς | phōs | light | G5457 φῶς light |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κόσμου | kosmou | world | G2889 κόσμος world |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| δύναται | dynatai | cannot | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| πόλις | polis | A city | G4172 πόλις city |
| κρυβῆναι | krybēnai | be hidden | G2928 κρύπτω to hide |
| ἐπάνω | epanō | on | G1883 ἐπάνω above |
| ὄρους | orous | a hill | G3735 ὄρος mountain |
| κειμένη | keimenē | — | G2749 κεῖμαι to lay/be appointed |
Related verses
- Philippians 2:15
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
- John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Ephesians 5:8–14
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, proving what is well pleasing to the Lord. …
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,
- Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
- John 12:36
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
- Romans 2:19–20
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
- John 5:35
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
- Revelation 21:14–27
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. The city is square, and its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal. …
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In context
12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Read all of Matthew 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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