Romans 12:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ ἑαυτοὺς ἐκδικοῦντες, Ἀγαπητοί, ἀλλὰ δότε τόπον τῇ ὀργῇ: γέγραπται γάρ, Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις· ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω, λέγει Κύριος.

Transliteration

Not yourselves ekdikountes, Agapētoi, but dote topon to the orgē: it has been gegraptai for, To me ekdikēsis; I will antapodōsō, legei Kyrios.

Grammar Details

*ekdikountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - avenging/taking revenge
*Agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved
*dote*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - give
*topon*: accusative, masculine, singular - place/room/opportunity
*orgē*: dative, feminine, singular - to wrath/anger
*gegraptai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it has been written
*ekdikēsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - vengeance/punishment
*antapodōsō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will repay/reward
*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says
*Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord

Word Meanings

*ekdikountes*: avenging/taking revenge/executing justice
*Agapētoi*: beloved/dearly loved ones
*dote*: give/grant/allow
*topon*: place/room/opportunity/chance
*orgē*: wrath/anger/indignation
*ekdikēsis*: vengeance/punishment/vindication
*antapodōsō*: repay/reward/recompense
*Kyrios*: Lord/Master/Owner

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Prov 24:29 : 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Heb 10:30 : 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Prov 20:22 : 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Matt 5:39 : 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Deut 32:43 : 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Prov 24:17-19 : 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
1 Thess 4:6 : 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Luke 6:27-29 : 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Luke 9:55-56 : 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Nah 1:2-3 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
1 Sam 25:33 : 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Ps 94:1-3 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew{H8685)} thyself. 2 Lift up{H8734)} thyself, thou judge{H8802)} of the earth: render{H8685)} a reward to the proud. 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph{H8799)}?
Ezek 25:12 : 12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

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