Luke 10:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν, Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Τί γέγραπται; πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις;

Transliteration

He de Eipen pros him, In the nomō what gegraptai? how anaginōskeis?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *nomō*: dative, masculine, singular - law
• *gegraptai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - it has been written
• *anaginōskeis*: present active indicative, 2nd singular - you read

Word Meanings

• *Eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *nomō*: law/Torah
• *gegraptai*: it has been written/is written/stands written
• *anaginōskeis*: you read/understand when reading

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He asked him, 'What is written in the Law? How do you read it?'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  {G1161} He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  He sayd vnto him: What is written in the lawe? How redest thou?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He sayde vnto him: What is wrytten in the lawe? How readest thou?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he saide vnto him, What is written in the Lawe? Howe readest thou?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  What is written in the lawe, howe readest thou?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He said unto him, ‹What is written in the law? how readest thou?›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said to him,“What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• Rom 4:14-16 : 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified. 15 Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
• Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, that the man who does those things shall live by them.
• Gal 3:21-22 : 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law. 22 But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
• Gal 3:12-13 : 12 And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.' 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'