Matthew 6:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον.

Transliteration

The arton of us the epiousion dos to us sēmeron.

Grammar Details

• *arton*: accusative, masculine, singular - bread/loaf
• *epiousion*: accusative, masculine, singular - daily/for the coming day/necessary for existence
• *dos*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - give
• *sēmeron*: adverb - today/this day

Word Meanings

• *arton*: bread/loaf/food
• *epiousion*: daily/for the coming day/for tomorrow/necessary for existence/sufficient
• *dos*: give/grant/provide
• *sēmeron*: today/this day/now

Referenced Verses

• Prov 30:8 : 8 Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
• Exod 16:16-35 : 16 `This `is' the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.' 17 And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is `gathering' much, and he who is `gathering' little; 18 and they measure with an omer, and he who is `gathering' much hath nothing over, and he who is `gathering' little hath no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered. 19 And Moses saith unto them, `Let no man leave of it till morning;' 20 and they have not hearkened unto Moses, and some of them do leave of it till morning, and it bringeth up worms and stinketh; and Moses is wroth with them. 21 And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted. 22 And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses. 23 And he saith unto them, `It `is' that which Jehovah hath spoken `of'; a rest -- a holy sabbath to Jehovah -- `is' to-morrow; that which ye bake, bake; and that which ye boil, boil; and all that is over, let rest for yourselves in charge till the morning.' 24 And they let it rest until the morning, as Moses hath commanded, and it hath not stank, and a worm hath not been in it. 25 And Moses saith, `Eat it to-day, for to-day `is' a sabbath to Jehovah; to-day ye find it not in the field: 26 six days ye do gather it, and in the seventh day -- the sabbath -- in it there is none.' 27 And it cometh to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found. 28 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws? 29 see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each `in' his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.' 30 And the people rest on the seventh day, 31 and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it `is' as coriander seed, white; and its taste `is' as a cake with honey. 32 And Moses saith, `This `is' the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.' 33 And Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take one pot, and put there the fulness of the omer of manna, and let it rest before Jehovah, for a charge for your generations;' 34 as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge. 35 And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna forty years, until their coming in unto the land to be inhabited; the manna they have eaten till their coming in unto the extremity of the land of Canaan.
• Luke 11:3 : 3 our appointed bread be giving us daily;
• Isa 33:16 : 16 He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock `are' his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
• Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
• 1 Tim 6:8 : 8 but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;
• John 6:31-59 : 31 our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.' 32 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven; 33 for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.' 34 They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.' 35 And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time; 36 but I said to you, that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not; 37 all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without, 38 because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me. 39 `And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day; 40 and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.' 41 The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, `I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;' 42 and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?' 43 Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, `Murmur not one with another; 44 no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day; 45 it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me; 46 not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father. 47 `Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during; 48 I am the bread of the life; 49 your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died; 50 this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. 51 `I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.' 52 The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us `his' flesh to eat?' 53 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves; 54 he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day; 55 for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; 56 he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him. 57 `According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me; 58 this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.' 59 These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum;
• 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;
• Job 23:12 : 12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
• Ps 33:18-19 : 18 Lo, the eye of Jehovah `is' to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness, 19 To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
• Ps 34:10 : 10 Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,