Luke 17:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

So likewise you, when you have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done what was our duty to do.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ποιήσητε πάντα τὰ διαταχθέντα ὑμῖν, λέγετε, ὅτι Δοῦλοι ἀχρεῖοί ἐσμεν: ὅτι ὃ ὠφείλομεν ποιῆσαι πεποιήκαμεν.

Transliteration

Thus also you, when you poiēsēte all the things diatachthenta to you, legete, that Douloi achreioi esmen: because what we ōpheilomen poiēsai we have pepoiēkamen.

Grammar Details

• *poiēsēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you do/perform
• *diatachthenta*: aorist passive participle, accusative, neuter, plural - having been commanded
• *legete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - say
• *Douloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - slaves/servants
• *achreioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - unworthy/useless
• *esmen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - we are
• *ōpheilomen*: imperfect active indicative, 1st plural - we owed/were obligated
• *poiēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to do
• *pepoiēkamen*: perfect active indicative, 1st plural - we have done

Word Meanings

• *Douloi*: slaves/servants/bondservants
• *achreioi*: unworthy/useless/unprofitable
• *ōpheilomen*: we owed/were obligated/were bound

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Even{G2532} so{G3779} ye{G5210} also, when{G3752} ye shall have done{G4160} all{G3956} the things that{G3588} are commanded{G1299} you,{G5213} say,{G3004} We are{G2070} unprofitable{G888} servants;{G3754} we have done{G4160} that which{G3739} it{G3754} was our duty{G3784} to do.{G4160}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So{G3779} likewise{G2532} ye{G5210}, when{G3752} ye shall have done{G4160}{(G5661)} all{G3956} those things which are commanded{G1299}{(G5685)} you{G5213}, say{G3004}{(G5720)},{G3754} We are{G2070}{(G5748)} unprofitable{G888} servants{G1401}:{G3754} we have done{G4160}{(G5658)} that which{G3739} was our duty{G3784}{(G5707)} to do{G4160}{(G5758)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Soo lyke wyse ye when ye have done all thoose thinges which are commaunded you: saye we are vnprofitable servautes. We have done: ye which was oure duetye to do.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So likewyse ye, wha ye haue done all that is comaunded you, saye: We are vnprofitable seruauntes, we haue done that we were bounde to do.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So likewise yee, when yee haue done all those things, which are commanded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruants: wee haue done that which was our duetie to doe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So lykewyse ye, when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruauntes, We haue done that which was our duetie to do.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say,‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”

Referenced Verses

• Job 35:6-7 : 6 If you sin, what do you do against him? or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? or what does he receive from your hand?
• Ps 16:2-3 : 2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord: my goodness extends not to You; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.'
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
• Rom 3:12 : 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.'
• Rom 11:35 : 35 Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him?
• 1 Cor 9:16-17 : 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
• Matt 25:30 : 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:
• Matt 25:37-40 : 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
• 1 Cor 15:9-9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
• 1 Chr 29:14-16 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You. 15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.
• Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a person be beneficial to God, as one who is wise may benefit themselves? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?
• Ps 35:6-7 : 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
• Prov 16:2-3 : 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits. 3 Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.
• Phlm 1:11 : 11 Who in time past was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.