1 Timothy 6:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῖς πλουσίοις ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι παράγγελλε, μὴ ὑψηλοφρονεῖν, μηδὲ ἠλπικέναι ἐπὶ πλούτου ἀδηλότητι, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, τῷ ζῶντι τῷ παρέχοντι ἡμῖν πλουσίως πάντα εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν·

Transliteration

To the plousiois in the now aiōni paraggelle, not to hypsēlophronein, neither to have ēlpikenai upon ploutou adēlotēti, but in the Theō, the zōnti the one parechonti us plousiōs panta for apolausin;

Grammar Details

• *Tois plousiois*: dative, masculine, plural with article - to the rich
• *en*: preposition - in
• *tō nyn aiōni*: dative, masculine, singular with article and adverb - the present age
• *paraggelle*: present imperative, 2nd person singular, active - command/charge
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *hypsēlophronein*: present infinitive, active - to be high-minded/proud
• *mēde*: conjunction, negative - neither/nor
• *ēlpikenai*: perfect infinitive, active - to have hoped/trusted
• *epi*: preposition - upon/in
• *ploutou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of wealth/riches
• *adēlotēti*: dative, feminine, singular - uncertainty/instability
• *all'*: conjunction, adversative - but
• *tō Theō*: dative, masculine, singular with article - God
• *tō zōnti*: present participle, dative, masculine, singular, active with article - the living one
• *tō parechonti*: present participle, dative, masculine, singular, active with article - the one providing
• *hēmin*: personal pronoun, dative, 1st person plural - to us
• *plousiōs*: adverb - richly/abundantly
• *panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all things
• *eis*: preposition - for/unto
• *apolausin*: accusative, feminine, singular - enjoyment

Word Meanings

• *plousiois*: rich/wealthy/affluent
• *aiōni*: age/era/world/lifetime
• *paraggelle*: command/charge/instruct/order
• *hypsēlophronein*: be high-minded/proud/arrogant/conceited
• *ēlpikenai*: hope/trust/expect
• *ploutou*: wealth/riches/abundance
• *adēlotēti*: uncertainty/instability/unpredictability
• *zōnti*: living/alive
• *parechonti*: providing/furnishing/supplying
• *plousiōs*: richly/abundantly/generously
• *apolausin*: enjoyment/pleasure/benefit

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Charge{G3853} them that are rich{G4145} in{G1722} this{G3568} present world,{G165} that they be{G5309} not{G3361} highminded,{G5309} nor{G3366} have their hope{G1679} set on{G1909} the uncertainty{G83} of riches,{G4149} but{G235} on{G1722} {G2198} God,{G2316} who giveth{G3930} us{G2254} richly{G4146} all things{G3956} to{G1519} enjoy;{G619}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Charge{G3853}{(G5720)} them that are rich{G4145} in{G1722} this{G3568} world{G165}, that they be{G5309} not{G3361} highminded{G5309}{(G5721)}, nor{G3366} trust{G1679}{(G5760)} in{G1909} uncertain{G83} riches{G4149}, but{G235} in{G1722} the living{G2198}{(G5723)} God{G2316}, who{G3588} giveth{G3930}{(G5723)} us{G2254} richly{G4146} all things{G3956} to{G1519} enjoy{G619};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Charge them that are ryche in this worlde that they be not excedynge wyse and that they trust not in the vncertayne ryches but in the livynge god which geveth vs aboundantly all thynges to enioye them

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, & that they trust not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, (which giueth vs aboundatly, all things to enioy)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 10:24 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, 'Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!'
• Rom 11:20 : 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
• Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts.
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
• Ps 62:10 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
• Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.
• Prov 30:9 : 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
• Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit. 14 As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
• Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. 19 For they seldom reflect on the days of their life because God keeps them occupied with joy in their hearts.
• Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’
• Jer 9:23-24 : 23 But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord. 24 The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh.
• Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. 8 They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.
• Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of food, and abundant ease were hers and her daughters', but they did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They became haughty and committed abominations before me; therefore, I removed them as I saw fit.
• Ezek 16:56 : 56 You did not even mention your sister Sodom during the days of your pride,
• Dan 4:30 : 30 Immediately, what was spoken about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people, ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
• Dan 5:19-23 : 19 Because of the greatness that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whomever he wanted, spared whomever he wanted, exalted whomever he wanted, and humbled whomever he wanted. 20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 He was driven away from people, his mind became like that of an animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of men and sets over it whomever He wishes. 22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.
• Hos 13:6 : 6 As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me.
• Hab 1:15-16 : 15 The wicked pull them all up with a hook, drag them out with their net, and gather them in their dragnet; so they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their dragnet, for by these their portion is rich and their food is plentiful.
• Matt 6:32 : 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
• Matt 19:23 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I tell you, it is hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 27:57 : 57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had also become a disciple of Jesus, arrived.
• Ps 73:5-9 : 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice. 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.
• Ps 84:11-12 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 12 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Ps 104:28 : 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
• Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
• Prov 11:28 : 28 Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
• Luke 12:15-21 : 15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions." 16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest. 17 And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?' 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
• Luke 19:2 : 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
• Luke 19:9-9 : 9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham." 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
• Gen 13:2 : 2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
• Deut 6:10-12 : 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build, 11 with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied. 12 Be careful not to forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deut 8:17 : 17 You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'
• Deut 33:15 : 15 With the best from the ancient mountains and the precious things from the everlasting hills,
• 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But after Uzziah became strong, his heart was lifted up with pride, leading to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• 2 Chr 32:25-26 : 25 But Hezekiah did not respond to the kindness shown to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore, wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 26 However, Hezekiah humbled himself, along with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's days.
• Job 1:1-3 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and turned away from evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters born to him. 3 His wealth consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household. He was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security, 25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,
• Ps 10:3-4 : 3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord. 4 In his pride, the wicked man says, 'He will not seek; there is no God in all his thoughts.'
• Ps 52:7 : 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge.
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I solemnly charge you, in the presence of God, and of Christ Jesus, and of the chosen angels, to observe these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you.
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 It teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
• Titus 3:6 : 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
• Rev 18:6-7 : 6 Repay her as she herself has repaid others, and pay her back double according to her deeds; in the cup she has mixed, mix a double portion for her. 7 As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, because in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and I will never see grief.'
• Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Acts 17:25 : 25 Nor is he served by human hands as if he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
• 1 Tim 1:3 : 3 Just as I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I went to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not to teach false doctrines,
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.