Luke 11:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κἀγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω, Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε· κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

And I to you legō, Aiteite, and dothēsetai to you; zēteite, and heurēsete; krouete, and anoigēsetai to you.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present indicative, active, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *Aiteite*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - ask/request
• *dothēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be given
• *zēteite*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - seek/search for
• *heurēsete*: future indicative, active, 2nd plural - you will find
• *krouete*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - knock/beat
• *anoigēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *Aiteite*: ask/request/demand
• *dothēsetai*: will be given/will be granted
• *zēteite*: seek/search for/strive for
• *heurēsete*: will find/will discover
• *krouete*: knock/beat/strike
• *anoigēsetai*: will be opened/will be unlocked

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I{G2504} say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} Ask,{G154} and{G2532} it shall be given{G1325} you;{G5213} seek,{G2212} and{G2532} ye shall find;{G2147} knock,{G2925} and{G2532} it shall be opened{G455} unto you.{G5213}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2504} I say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto you{G5213}, Ask{G154}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} it shall be given{G1325}{(G5701)} you{G5213}; seek{G2212}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} ye shall find{G2147}{(G5692)}; knock{G2925}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} it shall be opened{G455}{(G5691)} unto you{G5213}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I saye vnto you: axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynde. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And I saye vnto you also: Axe, and it shal be geuen you: Seke, and ye shal fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and yee shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I say vnto you, aske, and it shalbe geuen you, seke, and ye shall fynde, knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:24 : 24 'Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.'
• John 16:23-24 : 23 On that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. 24 Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.
• Matt 21:22 : 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.'
• John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
• John 15:7 : 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.
• John 14:13 : 13 And whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.
• Ps 118:5 : 5 Out of my distress, I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a spacious place.
• Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise them up; and if they have committed sins, they will be forgiven.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
• Ps 34:10 : 10 Fear the Lord, you His holy ones, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
• Jer 29:12 : 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
• Ps 34:4 : 4 Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 For He says: “In the favorable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
• Mark 13:37 : 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!
• Luke 13:24-25 : 24 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'
• Ps 27:8 : 8 My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.
• Matt 6:29 : 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.
• Dan 9:3 : 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have asked from the Lord; this I will seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.
• Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 4 Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His presence continually.
• John 1:45-49 : 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, 'We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and so did the prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.' 46 'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' Nathanael asked. Philip said to him, 'Come and see.' 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, 'Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!' 48 Nathanael asked Him, 'How do you know me?' Jesus replied, 'Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.' 49 Nathanael responded, 'Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel!'
• Acts 10:4-6 : 4 Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.' 5 Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter. 6 He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.
• Amos 5:4-6 : 4 For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live. 5 Do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will become nothing but trouble. 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.
• Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak the truth and declare what is right.
• Song 3:1-4 : 1 On my bed at night, I sought the one my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him. 2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares; I will seek the one my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him. 3 The watchmen who patrol the city found me. "Have you seen the one my soul loves?" 4 Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
• Rev 2:24 : 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching and who have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, I say: I will not impose any other burden on you.
• Song 5:6 : 6 I opened to my beloved, but he had withdrawn and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he did not answer.