Luke 12:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως ὁ θησαυρίζων ἑαυτῷ, καὶ μὴ εἰς Θεὸν πλουτῶν.

Transliteration

Thus the one thēsaurizōn to himself, and not eis Theon ploutōn.

Grammar Details

• *thēsaurizōn*: present active participle, nominative singular masculine - storing up treasure
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - toward/for
• *Theon*: accusative singular masculine - God
• *ploutōn*: present active participle, nominative singular masculine - being rich

Word Meanings

• *thēsaurizōn*: storing up treasure/accumulating wealth
• *eis Theon ploutōn*: being rich toward God/wealthy in relation to God

Referenced Verses

• Luke 12:33 : 33 sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;
• Hos 10:1 : 1 `An empty vine `is' Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars.
• Matt 6:19-20 : 19 `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, 20 but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,
• Luke 6:24 : 24 `But wo to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
• Luke 16:11 : 11 if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
• 1 Tim 6:18-19 : 18 to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate, 19 treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon `you'; 2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; 3 your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!
• Rev 2:9 : 9 I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty -- yet thou art rich -- and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but `are' a synagogue of the Adversary.