1 Corinthians 8:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν γάρ τις ἴδῃ σὲ τὸν ἔχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον, οὐχὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὄντος οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν·

Transliteration

Ean gar tis idē se the echonta gnōsin in eidōleiō katakeimenon, ouchi the syneidēsis autou asthenous ontos will be oikodomēthēsetai eis the ta eidōlothyta esthiein;

Grammar Details

• *Ean*: conditional particle - if
• *gar*: postpositive explanatory conjunction - for
• *tis*: nominative, masculine, singular, indefinite - anyone/someone
• *idē*: aorist, 3rd singular, subjunctive, active - might see
• *se*: accusative, 2nd singular, personal pronoun - you
• *echonta*: present, participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having
• *gnōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - knowledge
• *eidōleiō*: dative, neuter, singular - idol temple
• *katakeimenon*: present, participle, accusative, masculine, singular - reclining/dining
• *ouchi*: interrogative particle (stronger form of *ou*) - not
• *syneidēsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - conscience
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular, personal pronoun - of him/his
• *asthenous*: genitive, masculine, singular - weak
• *ontos*: present, participle, genitive, masculine, singular - being
• *oikodomēthēsetai*: future, 3rd singular, passive - will be built up/edified
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - unto/into/for
• *ta*: accusative, neuter, plural, article - the
• *eidōlothyta*: accusative, neuter, plural - things sacrificed to idols
• *esthiein*: present, infinitive, active - to eat

Word Meanings

• *eidōleiō*: idol temple/pagan shrine
• *katakeimenon*: reclining/dining/sitting at table
• *asthenous*: weak/feeble
• *oikodomēthēsetai*: will be built up/encouraged/emboldened
• *eis*: unto/into/toward/resulting in

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won’t their weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} if{G1437} a man{G5100} see{G1492} thee{G4571} who hast{G2192} knowledge{G1108} sitting at meat{G2621} in{G1722} an idol's temple,{G1493} will{G3618} not{G3780} his{G846} conscience,{G4893} if he is{G5607} weak,{G772} be emboldened{G3618} to eat{G2068} {G1519} things sacrificed to idols?{G1494}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} if{G1437} any man{G5100} see{G1492}{(G5632)} thee{G4571} which{G3588} hast{G2192}{(G5723)} knowledge{G1108} sit at meat{G2621}{(G5740)} in{G1722} the idol's temple{G1493}, shall{G3618} not{G3780} the conscience{G4893} of him{G846} which is{G5607}{(G5752)} weak{G772} be emboldened{G3618}{(G5701)}{G1519} to eat{G2068}{(G5721)} those things which are offered to idols{G1494};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For yf some man se ye which hast knowledge sit at meate in the ydoles teple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offered vnto ye ydole?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For yf eny man se the (which hast knowlege) syt at the table in the Idols house, shal not his conscience whyle it is weake, be occasioned to eate of the Idoll offeringes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those things which are sacrificed to idoles?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meate in the idols temple: shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those thinges which are offred to idols,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat -- shall not his conscience -- he being infirm -- be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

• World English Bible (2000)

  For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?

Referenced Verses

• Num 25:2 : 2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
• Judg 9:27 : 27 And they went out into the fields, gathered their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
• Amos 2:8 : 8 They lie down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
• Rom 14:14 : 14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
• Rom 14:23 : 23 But whoever doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.
• 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
• 1 Cor 8:7 : 7 However, not everyone has this knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.
• 1 Cor 10:20-21 : 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.
• 1 Cor 10:28-29 : 28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why should my liberty be judged by another man's conscience?
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: