Acts 9:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τρέμων τε καὶ θαμβῶν εἶπε, Κύριε, τί με θέλεις ποιῆσαι; Καὶ ὁ Κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν, Ἀνάστηθι, καὶ εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ λαληθήσεταί σοι τί σε δεῖ ποιεῖν.

Transliteration

Tremōn both and thambōn he eipe, Kyrie, what me theleis poiēsai? And the Kyrios pros him, Anastēthi, and eiselthe into the polin, and lalēthēsetai to you what you dei poiein.

Grammar Details

• *Tremōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - trembling
• *thambōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - being amazed/astonished
• *eipe*: aorist, active, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir/Master
• *theleis*: present, active, 2nd singular - you wish/want
• *poiēsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to do/make
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Anastēthi*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - stand up/rise
• *eiselthe*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - enter/go into
• *polin*: accusative, feminine, singular - city
• *lalēthēsetai*: future, passive, 3rd singular - it will be told/spoken
• *dei*: present, active, 3rd singular - it is necessary
• *poiein*: present infinitive, active - to do/make

Word Meanings

• *Tremōn*: trembling/shaking/quivering
• *thambōn*: being amazed/astonished/astounded
• *theleis*: wish/want/desire
• *poiēsai*: to do/make/perform
• *Anastēthi*: stand up/rise/get up
• *eiselthe*: enter/go into/come into
• *polin*: city/town
• *lalēthēsetai*: will be told/spoken/said
• *dei*: it is necessary/one must/ought

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he bothe tremblynge and astonyed sayde: Lorde what wilt thou have me to do? And ye Lorde sayde vnto him: aryse and goo into the cite and it shalbe tolde the what thou shalt do.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He then both trembling and astonied, sayd, Lord, what wilt thou that I doe? And the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise and goe into the citie, and it shall be tolde thee what thou shalt doe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord [said] unto him, ‹Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But{TR omits "But" } rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 28:5 : 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He will teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek He will guide in judgment, and the meek He will teach His way.
• Ps 25:12 : 12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
• Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
• Isa 57:18 : 18 I have seen his ways and will heal him; I will lead him also and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live. 7 I have caused you to multiply like the bud of the field, and you have increased and grown great, and you have come to excellent ornaments; your breasts are formed, and your hair has grown, whereas you were naked and bare. 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
• Hab 3:16 : 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; decay entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.
• Matt 19:30 : 30 But many who are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.
• Luke 3:10 : 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
• Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'
• Acts 9:15-16 : 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
• Acts 10:6 : 6 He is staying with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside: he will tell you what you ought to do.
• Acts 10:22 : 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one who fears God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you.
• Acts 10:32 : 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is staying in the house of one Simon a tanner by the seaside: when he comes, he will speak to you.
• Acts 11:13-14 : 13 And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 Who shall tell you words, whereby you and all your house shall be saved.
• Acts 16:29-30 : 29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
• Acts 22:10 : 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told to you everything that is appointed for you to do.
• Acts 24:25-26 : 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you. 26 He also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore, he sent for him more often, and conversed with him.
• Acts 26:16 : 16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you;
• Rom 5:20 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more:
• Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
• Rom 9:15-24 : 15 For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. 19 You will say then to me, Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will? 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this? 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction: 23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• Rom 10:20 : 20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me."
• Gal 1:15-16 : 15 But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
• Phil 2:12 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
• 1 Tim 1:14-16 : 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
• Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.