James 1:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί, ἔστω πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ταχὺς εἰς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι, βραδὺς εἰς τὸ λαλῆσαι, βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν:

Transliteration

So that, adelphoi of me agapētoi, let estō every anthrōpos tachys to the akousai, bradys to the lalēsai, bradys to orgēn:

Grammar Details

• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - direct address
• *agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - adjective modifying *adelphoi*
• *estō*: present, active, imperative, 3rd person singular - let be
• *anthrōpos*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject
• *tachys*: nominative, masculine, singular - adjective
• *akousai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to hear
• *bradys*: nominative, masculine, singular - adjective
• *lalēsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to speak
• *orgēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - direct object

Word Meanings

• *adelphoi*: brothers/brethren/fellow believers
• *agapētoi*: beloved/dear/dearly loved
• *estō*: let be/must be
• *anthrōpos*: person/human/man
• *tachys*: quick/swift/ready
• *akousai*: to hear/to listen
• *bradys*: slow/deliberate/hesitant
• *lalēsai*: to speak/to talk/to say
• *orgēn*: anger/wrath/rage

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:27 : 27 One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper `is' a man of understanding.
• Prov 10:19 : 19 In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.
• Prov 21:23 : 23 Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.
• Prov 13:3 : 3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!
• Prov 18:13 : 13 Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
• Prov 14:29 : 29 Whoso is slow to anger `is' of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
• Prov 16:32 : 32 Better `is' the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
• Eph 4:26 : 26 be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
• Col 3:8 : 8 but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.
• Eccl 5:1-3 : 1 Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. 2 Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few. 3 For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
• Eccl 7:8-9 : 8 Better `is' the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better `is' the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of contention `is' a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
• Prov 15:18 : 18 A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
• Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
• Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
• Prov 19:11 : 11 The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory `is' to pass over transgression.
• Prov 14:17 : 17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
• Prov 25:28 : 28 A city broken down without walls, `Is' a man without restraint over his spirit!
• Col 3:15 : 15 and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.
• Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
• Neh 9:17 : 17 yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 Because of this also, we -- we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;
• Acts 10:33 : 33 at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'
• Acts 17:11 : 11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;
• Acts 13:42-44 : 42 And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon `them' that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them, 43 and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God. 44 And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,
• Mark 2:2 : 2 and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.
• Mark 12:37 : 37 therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,
• Luke 19:48 : 48 and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.
• Acts 2:42 : 42 and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.
• Prov 8:32-35 : 32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. 34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance. 35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
• Neh 8:2-3 : 2 And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month, 3 and he readeth in it before the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people `are' unto the book of the law.
• Neh 8:18 : 18 And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.
• Neh 9:3 : 3 and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God.
• Prov 19:19 : 19 A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.
• Jas 3:1-2 : 1 Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, 2 for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one `is' a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;
• 1 John 2:21 : 21 I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.
• Neh 8:12-14 : 12 And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them. 13 And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law. 14 And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month,
• Luke 15:1 : 1 And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
• Acts 13:48 : 48 And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;
• Gal 5:20-21 : 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, 21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.
• Jas 1:26 : 26 If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain `is' the religion;