Luke 11:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει· καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει· καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

Transliteration

All gar the one aitōn lambanei; and the one zētōn heuriskei; and to the one krouonti anoigēsetai.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *aitōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - asking
• *lambanei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - receives/takes
• *zētōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - seeking
• *heuriskei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - finds/discovers
• *krouonti*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - knocking
• *anoigēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aitōn*: asking/requesting
• *lambanei*: receives/takes/obtains
• *zētōn*: seeking/searching for
• *heuriskei*: finds/discovers/comes upon
• *krouonti*: knocking/beating
• *anoigēsetai*: will be opened/will be unlocked

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} every{G3956} one that asketh{G154} receiveth;{G2983} and{G2532} he that seeketh{G2212} findeth;{G2147} and{G2532} to him that knocketh{G2925} it shall be opened.{G455}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} every one{G3956} that asketh{G154}{(G5723)} receiveth{G2983}{(G5719)}; and{G2532} he that seeketh{G2212}{(G5723)} findeth{G2147}{(G5719)}; and{G2532} to him that knocketh{G2925}{(G5723)} it shall be opened{G455}{(G5691)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For every one that axeth receaveth: and he that seketh fyndeth: and to him that knocketh shall it be openned.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For who so euer axeth, receaueth: and he that seketh, fyndeth: and to him that knocketh, shal it be opened.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: & to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For euery one that asketh, receaueth, and he that seketh, fyndeth, and vnto hym that knocketh, shall it be opened.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Referenced Verses

• Jas 5:11 : 11 See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
• Ps 31:22 : 22 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.
• Lam 3:8 : 8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
• Lam 3:18 : 18 So I say, 'My strength is gone, and so is my hope from the LORD.'
• Lam 3:54-58 : 54 Waters flowed over my head; I thought, 'I am cut off.' 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit. 56 You heard my plea: 'Do not close Your ear to my cry for relief.' 57 You came near when I called on You, and You said, 'Do not fear.' 58 You have pleaded my cause, O Lord; You have redeemed my life.
• Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish. 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.' 4 You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me. All Your waves and breakers swept over me. 5 I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.' 6 The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 7 To the roots of the mountains, I descended. The earth beneath barred me in forever, but You brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God. 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 Jesus told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up.
• Jas 4:3 : 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.