Luke 17:7

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📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν δοῦλον, ἔχων ἀροτριῶντα ἢ ποιμαίνοντα, ὃς εἰσελθόντι ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ, ἐρεῖ εὐθέως, Παρελθὼν ἀνάπεσε;

Transliteration

Who de of you doulon, echōn arotriōnta or poimainonta, who to the one eiselthonti from the agrou, will erei immediately, Having parelthōn anapese?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *doulon*: accusative, masculine, singular - slave/servant
• *echōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having
• *arotriōnta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - plowing
• *poimainonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - shepherding
• *eiselthonti*: aorist active participle, dative, masculine, singular - having come in
• *agrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - field
• *erei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will say
• *parelthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having come/passed by
• *anapese*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - recline/sit down to eat

Word Meanings

• *doulon*: slave/servant/bondservant
• *arotriōnta*: plowing/tilling
• *poimainonta*: shepherding/tending sheep
• *parelthōn*: coming/passing by/approaching
• *anapese*: recline/sit down at table/take your place at meal

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Who is it of you yf he had a servaute plowinge or fedinge catell that wolde saye vnto him when he were come from the felde Goo quickly and syt doune to meate:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Which of you is it, that hath a seruaunt (which ploweth, or fedeth the catell) wha he commeth home from ye felde, that he wil saye vnto him: Go quyckly, and syt the downe to meate?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

• World English Bible (2000)

  But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?