1 Corinthians 7:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τί γὰρ οἶδας, γύναι, εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις; ἢ τί οἶδας, ἄνερ, εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις;

Transliteration

What gar oidas, gunai, ei the andra you will sōseis? or what oidas, aner, ei the gunaika you will sōseis?

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/because
• *oidas*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person singular - you know
• *gunai*: vocative, feminine, singular - woman/wife
• *ei*: conditional particle - if/whether
• *andra*: accusative, masculine, singular - husband/man
• *sōseis*: future active indicative, 2nd person singular - you will save
• *aner*: vocative, masculine, singular - husband/man
• *gunaika*: accusative, feminine, singular - wife/woman

Word Meanings

• *oidas*: you know/understand/perceive
• *gunai*: woman/wife
• *andra*: husband/man
• *sōseis*: you will save/rescue/deliver
• *aner*: husband/man
• *gunaika*: wife/woman

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For how knowest thou o woman whether thou shalt save that man or no? Other how knowest thou o man whether thou shalt save that woman or no?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For what knowest thou O woma, whether thou shalt saue ye ma? Or what knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue the woman?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For howe knowest thou O woman, whether thou shalt saue thy husbande? or how knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

• World English Bible (2000)

  For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

Referenced Verses

• Rom 11:14 : 14 if by any means I may provoke to emulation those who are my flesh and save some of them.
• 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
• 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
• Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back; 20 Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
• 1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives; 2 While they observe your pure conduct with reverence.
• Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.