James 4:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ Θεῷ. Ἀντίστητε τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Hypotagēte therefore to the Theō. Antistēte to the diabolō, and he will pheuxetai from you.

Grammar Details

• *Hypotagēte*: aorist passive imperative, 2nd plural - submit/be subject
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - God
• *Antistēte*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - resist/oppose
• *diabolō*: dative, masculine, singular - devil/slanderer
• *pheuxetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd singular - will flee/escape

Word Meanings

• *Hypotagēte*: submit/be subject/be subordinate
• *Theō*: God/deity
• *Antistēte*: resist/oppose/stand against
• *diabolō*: devil/slanderer/accuser
• *pheuxetai*: will flee/escape/run away

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:8-9 : 8 Be sober and watch, for yor aduersary ye deuell, walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon, sekynge whom he maye deuoure, 9 whome resiste stedfast in the faith, and knowe, that youre brethren in the worlde haue euen the same affliccions.
• Eph 4:27 : 27 nether geue place to the bacbyter.
• Eph 6:11-12 : 11 put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell. 12 For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.
• Heb 12:9 : 9 Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto ye father of spirituall giftes, yt we mighte lyue?
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God, and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes: and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes, that is off value before God.
• 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Be not ye hardnecked now as were youre fathers, but offre youre hade vnto the LORDE, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for euer, and serue the LORDE youre God, & so shal the indignacion of his wrath turne awaye from you.
• Matt 4:3-9 : 3 And the tepter came to him and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God, commaunde, that these stones be made breed. 4 He answered & sayde: yt is wrytte: Man shall not lyue by bred onlye, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite, and set hym on a pynacle of the temple, 6 and sayde vnto hym: yf thou be ye sonne of God, cast thy sylfe downe. For it is wrytten: he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp, that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. 7 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: it ys wrytten also: Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God. 8 Agayne, the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne, and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, and all the glorie of them, 9 and sayde vnto hym: all these wil I geue the, yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me. 10 Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sata. For it ys wrytte: thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue. 11 Then the deuell left hym, and beholde, the angels came and ministred vnto hym.
• Luke 4:2-9 : 2 & fourty dayes loge was he tepted of ye deuell. And in those dayes ate he nothinge. And whan they were ended, he hongred afterwarde. 3 And the deuell sayde vnto him: Yf thou be ye sonne of God, comaunde this stone, yt it be bred. 4 And Iesus answered & sayde vnto hi: It is wrytten: Man shal not lyue by bred onely, but by euery worde of God. 5 And ye deuell toke him vp into an hye moutayne, and shewed him all the kyngdomes of ye whole worlde in ye twinckelinge of an eye, 6 & sayde vnto him: All this power wil I geue vnto the, and the glory therof, for it is geue ouer vnto me, and I geue it, to whom I wil. 7 Yf thou now wilt worshippe me, they shal all be thine. 8 Iesus answered him, and sayde: Auoyde fro me thou Satan. It is wrytten: Thou shalt worshippe the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue. 9 And he caried him to Ierusalem, and set him vpon a pynnacle of the temple, and sayde vnto him: Yf thou be ye sonne of God, cast thy self downe from hence. 10 For it is wrytte: He shal geue his angels charge ouer the, to kepe the, 11 and with their handes they shal holde the vp, that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. 12 And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: It is sayde: Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God. 13 And whan ye deuell had ended all the temptacions, he departed from him for a season.
• Acts 16:29-31 : 29 He called for a lighte, and sprange in, and trembled, and fell at the fete of Paul and Sylas, 30 and broughte them out, and sayde: Syrs, what must I do, to be saued? 31 They sayde: Beleue on the LORDE Iesus, and so shalt thou and thy housholde be saued.
• Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke and lowlye of hert, & ye shal fynde rest vnto youre soules:
• 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Then Samuel tolde him alltogether, & hyd nothinge from him. He sayde: It is the LORDE, let him do what pleaseth him.
• 2 Sam 15:26 : 26 But yf he saye thus: I haue no pleasure to ye, beholde, here am I, let him do with me as it pleaseth him.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And whan he was in trouble, he made intercession before the LORDE his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 and prayed and besoughte him. Then herde he his prayer, and broughte him agayne to Ierusalem to his kyngdome. And Manasses knewe that the LORDE is God.
• Job 1:21 : 21 and sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thither agayne. The LORDE gaue, and the LORDE hath taken awaye (the LORDE hath done his pleasure) now blessed be ye name off the LORDE.
• Job 40:3-5 : 3 Iob answered the LORDE, sayenge: 4 Beholde, I am to vyle a personne, to answere the, therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth. 5 Once or twyse haue I spoken, but I will saye nomore.
• Job 42:1-6 : 1 The Iob answered the LORDE, and sayde: 2 I knowe that thou hast power of all thinges, and that there is no thought hyd vnto the. 3 For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge. 4 O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the. 5 I haue geuen diligent eare vnto the, and now I se ye with myne eyes. 6 Wherfore I geue myne owne self ye blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
• Ps 32:3-5 : 3 For whyle I helde my tonge, my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges. 4 And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night, my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer. Sela. 5 Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the, and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 O yt all the worlde wolde worshipe the, synge of the and prayse thy name.
• Ps 68:30 : 30 Reproue the beestes amonge the redes, the heape of bulles with the calues: those that dryue for money. Oh scatre the people that delyte in batayle.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Tell the kinge & the rulers: Humble yor selues, set you downe lowe, for ye crowne of yor glory shal fall from youre heade.
• Dan 4:25 : 25 Thou shalt be cast out fro men, and thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes of the felde: with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe. Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen: yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the, till thou knowe, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & geueth them, to whom he lyst.
• Dan 4:32 : 32 thou shalt be cast out of mens company: thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes off the felde, so that thou shalt eate grasse like as an oxe, till seuen yeares be come and gone ouer the: euen vntill thou knowest, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes off men, and that he maye geue them, vnto whom it pleaseth him.
• Dan 4:34-37 : 34 When this tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstondinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thankes vnto the hyest. I magnified and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth allwaye, and his kyngdome from one generacion to another: 35 in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge ye powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resiste his honde, or saye: what doest thou? 36 At the same tyme was myne vnderstondynge geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome, to my dignite, and to myne owne shappe agayne. My great estates and prynces sought vnto me, and I was set in my kyngdome agayne, so that I had yet greater worshipe. 37 The dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loaue, magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his workes are true, and his wayes right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bri bringe them downe.
• Eph 5:21 : 21 submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.
• Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the greate dragon that olde serpent (called the deuell and Sathanas) was cast out. Which disceaued all the worlde. And he was cast in to the earth, and his angelles were cast out with him also. 10 And I harde a lowde voyce, which sayde in heauen: Now is saluacion, and strength and the kyngdome become oure Gods, and ye power his Christes: For he is cast downe, which accused them before God daye and night. 11 And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth.
• 1 Pet 2:13 : 13 Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake: whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto ye chefe heade,
• Rom 14:11 : 11 For it is wrytte: As truly as I lyue, (sayeth the LORDE) all knees shal bowe vnto me, & all tuges shal knowlege vnto God.
• 2 Kgs 1:13-15 : 13 Now whan he came to him, he kneled to Elias, and besoughte him, and sayde vnto him: Thou man of God, let my soule and ye soules of thy seruauntes these fyftye, be somwhat worth in thy syghte. 14 Beholde, the fyre fell downe from heauen, and hath consumed the fyrst two captaynes ouer fyftye wt their fyftyes. But now let my soule be somwhat worth in thy sighte. 15 Then saide the angel of the LORDE vnto Elias: Go downe with him, and feare him not. And he gatt him vp, and wente downe with him vnto ye kynge.
• Acts 26:19 : 19 Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision,
• Acts 9:6 : 6 And he both tremblinge and astonnyed, sayde: LORDE what wilt thou that I shal do? The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go into the cite, there shal it be tolde the what thou shalt do.