Romans 16:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης συντρίψει τὸν Σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν ἐν τάχει. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μεθʼ ὑμῶν. Ἀμήν.

Transliteration

The de Theos of-the eirēnēs will-syntripsei the Satanan under the podas of-you in tachei. The charis of-the Kyriou of-us Iēsou Christou with you. Amēn.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *eirēnēs*: genitive feminine singular - peace
• *syntripsei*: future indicative active, 3rd person singular - will crush/bruise
• *Satanan*: accusative masculine singular - Satan
• ὑπὸ: preposition with accusative - under
• *podas*: accusative masculine plural - feet
• ὑμῶν: genitive plural pronoun - of you/your
• ἐν: preposition with dative - in
• *tachei*: dative neuter singular - quickness/speed/shortly
• *charis*: nominative feminine singular - grace
• *Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - Lord
• ἡμῶν: genitive plural pronoun - of us/our
• *Iēsou*: genitive masculine singular - Jesus
• *Christou*: genitive masculine singular - Christ
• μεθʼ: preposition with genitive - with
• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - amen/truly/so be it

Word Meanings

• *Theos*: God/deity
• *eirēnēs*: peace/harmony
• *syntripsei*: will crush/bruise/break
• *podas*: feet/lower extremities
• *tachei*: quickness/speed/shortly/soon
• *charis*: grace/favor/kindness

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:15 : 15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
• Rom 15:33 : 33 Now may the God of peace be with you all. So be it.
• Luke 10:19 : 19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.
• 1 Thess 5:28 : 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• 2 Thess 3:18 : 18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
• 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
• Zech 10:5 : 5 Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.
• 1 John 3:8 : 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
• Rev 22:21 : 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. So be it.
• 1 Cor 16:23 : 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years, 3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.
• Mal 4:3 : 3 And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
• Rom 8:37 : 37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
• Job 40:12 : 12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
• Gal 6:18 : 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.
• Phil 4:23 : 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
• 2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
• Phlm 1:25 : 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. So be it.
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One; 15 And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
• Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.
• 1 Cor 16:2-4 : 2 On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come. 3 And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem. 4 And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.
• Isa 25:8-9 : 8 He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it. 9 And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation. 10 For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord come to rest, and Moab will be crushed down in his place, even as the dry stems of the grain are crushed under foot in the waste place. 11 And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs. 12 And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.
• Isa 63:3 : 3 I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.
• Rev 12:10 : 10 And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.