Luke 6:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Δίδοτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· μέτρον καλόν, πεπιεσμένον, καὶ σεσαλευμένον, καὶ ὑπερεκχυνόμενον, δώσουσιν εἰς τὸν κόλπον ὑμῶν. Τᾧ γὰρ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ ᾧ μετρεῖτε ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

Didote, and it shall be dothēsetai to you; metron kalon, pepiesmenos, and sesaleumenos, and hyperekchynomenos, they shall dōsousin into the kolpon of you. For the autō metrō which you metreite it shall be antimetrēthēsetai to you.

Grammar Details

• *Didote*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - give!
• *dothēsetai*: verb, future passive, 3rd person singular - will be given
• *metron*: noun, nominative, neuter, singular - measure
• *kalon*: adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - good
• *pepiesmenos*: participle, perfect passive, nominative, neuter, singular - having been pressed down
• *sesaleumenos*: participle, perfect passive, nominative, neuter, singular - having been shaken together
• *hyperekchynomenos*: participle, present passive, nominative, neuter, singular - overflowing
• *dōsousin*: verb, future active, 3rd person plural - they will give
• *kolpon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - lap/bosom
• *autō*: pronoun, dative, neuter, singular - same
• *metrō*: noun, dative, neuter, singular - measure
• *metreite*: verb, present active, 2nd person plural - you measure
• *antimetrēthēsetai*: verb, future passive, 3rd person singular - will be measured in return

Word Meanings

• *Didote*: give/provide/donate
• *dothēsetai*: will be given/provided/supplied
• *metron*: measure/quantity/standard
• *kalon*: good/excellent/generous
• *pepiesmenos*: pressed down/compressed (completed action with continuing effect)
• *sesaleumenos*: shaken together/packed (completed action with continuing effect)
• *hyperekchynomenos*: overflowing/running over/spilling over
• *dōsousin*: they will give (impersonal plural)
• *kolpon*: lap/bosom/fold of garment (where items were carried)
• *metrō*: measure/standard/quantity
• *metreite*: measure/use as standard
• *antimetrēthēsetai*: will be measured in return/measured back to

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Geve and yt shalbe geven vnto you: good measure pressed doune shaken to geder and runnynge over shall men geve into youre bosomes. For with what measure ye mete with ye same shall men mete to you agayne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Geue, and to you shalbe geue. A good measure, pressed downe, shaken together, & runynge ouer, shal me geue into youre bosome. For with what measure ye meete, with the same shal it be measured to you agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shal men mete to you againe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Geue, and it shalbe geuen vnto you: good measure, pressed downe, & shaken together, and runnyng ouer, shall men geue into your bosomes. For with the same measure that ye meate withall, shall other men meate to you agayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you.{literally, into your bosom.} For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

Referenced Verses

• Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said to them, Take heed what you hear; with what measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
• 2 Cor 9:6-8 : 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:
• Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Deut 15:10 : 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.
• Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.
• Prov 22:9 : 9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
• Isa 65:6-7 : 6 See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their lap, 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, who have burned incense on the mountains and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore I will measure their former work into their lap.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
• 2 Cor 8:14-15 : 14 But by equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, and their abundance may supply your lack, that there may be equality: 15 As it is written, 'He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.'
• Luke 6:30 : 30 Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.
• Phil 4:17-19 : 17 Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. 19 But my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Ps 79:12 : 12 And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
• Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
• Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
• Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it; 18 (For from my youth he was raised with me as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
• Job 42:11 : 11 Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before came to him and ate food with him in his house, and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of money and a gold earring.
• Ps 18:25-26 : 25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright; 26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself contrary.
• Ps 41:1-2 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive; he shall be blessed upon the earth, and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
• Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
• Rev 16:5-6 : 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: 28 And has extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered chief men from Israel to go up with me.
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
• Esth 9:25 : 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
• Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing; 17 Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time; 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you. 20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall no longer commit any such evil among you. 21 Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.