2 Thessalonians 3:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούομεν γάρ τινας περιπατοῦντας ἐν ὑμῖν ἀτάκτως, μηδὲν ἐργαζομένους, ἀλλὰ περιεργαζομένους.

Transliteration

Akouomen gar tinas peripatountas en you ataktōs, mēden ergazomenous, alla periergazomenous.

Grammar Details

• *Akouomen*: present indicative, active, 1st plural - we hear
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *tinas*: accusative, indefinite pronoun - some
• *peripatountas*: present participle, active, accusative, masculine, plural - walking/living
• *en*: preposition + dative - among
• *ataktōs*: adverb - disorderly/idly
• *mēden*: accusative, neuter, singular, negative pronoun - nothing
• *ergazomenous*: present participle, middle, accusative, masculine, plural - working
• *alla*: contrastive conjunction - but
• *periergazomenous*: present participle, middle, accusative, masculine, plural - being busybodies

Word Meanings

• *Akouomen*: we hear/we are hearing
• *peripatountas*: walking/living/conducting themselves
• *ataktōs*: disorderly/idly/irresponsibly
• *ergazomenous*: working/laboring
• *periergazomenous*: being busybodies/meddling/interfering in others' affairs

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} we hear{G191} of{G4043} some{G5100} that walk{G4043} among{G1722} you{G5213} disorderly,{G814} that work{G2038} not at all,{G3367} but{G235} are busybodies.{G4020}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} we hear{G191}{(G5719)} that there are some{G5100} which walk{G4043}{(G5723)} among{G1722} you{G5213} disorderly{G814}, working{G2038}{(G5740)} not at all{G3367}, but{G235} are busybodies{G4020}{(G5740)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  We have hearde saye no doute that ther are some which walke amonge you inordinatly and worke not at all but are besy bodies.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For we heare saye, that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly, and worke not at all, but are busy bodies.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.
• 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.
• 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.