Luke 14:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man your place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον· καὶ τότε ἄρξῃ μετʼ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον κατέχειν.

Transliteration

And elthōn the one who se kai auton kalesas erei to you, Give to this one topon; and then you arxē met' aischynēs ton eschaton topon katechein.

Grammar Details

• *elthōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - coming/arriving
• *se*: personal pronoun, accusative, singular - you
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *auton*: personal pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - him
• *kalesas*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having invited/called
• *erei*: future, 3rd singular, active - will say
• *soi*: personal pronoun, dative, singular - to you
• *dos*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - give
• *toutō*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - to this one
• *topon*: accusative, masculine, singular - place/position
• *tote*: temporal adverb - then
• *arxē*: future, 2nd singular, middle - you will begin
• *met'*: preposition + genitive - with
• *aischynēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - shame/disgrace
• *ton*: definite article, accusative, masculine, singular - the
• *eschaton*: adjective, accusative, masculine, singular - last/lowest
• *katechein*: present infinitive, active - to occupy/take

Word Meanings

• *elthōn*: coming/arriving/when he comes
• *kalesas*: having invited/who invited/who called
• *erei*: will say/will tell/will speak
• *dos*: give/grant/yield
• *topon*: place/position/seat
• *arxē*: you will begin/you will start
• *aischynēs*: shame/disgrace/embarrassment
• *eschaton*: last/lowest/worst
• *katechein*: to occupy/to take/to hold

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Then the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ And humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and he that bade bothe him and the come and saye to the: geve this man roume and thou then beginne with shame to take the lowest roume.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and he that bade both the and him, come & saye vnto ye: geue this ma rowme, and thou the begynne with shame to take ye lowest rowme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he that bade both him & thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:2 : 2 When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble is wisdom.
• Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Ezek 28:2-9 : 2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God: 3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you: 4 With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures: 5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches: 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God; 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the most terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness. 8 They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of those who are slain in the midst of the seas. 9 Will you still say before him who slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him who slays you. 10 You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.
• Dan 4:30-34 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom has departed from you. 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. 34 At the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.
• Esth 6:6-9 : 6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 Let the royal robe be brought which the king wears, and the horse that the king rides on, and the royal crown which is set on his head: 9 And let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor, and lead him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. 10 Then the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken. 11 Then Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. 12 And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and with his head covered.
• Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.