Matthew 7:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους, καὶ ποιεῖ αὐτοὺς, ὁμοιώσω αὐτὸν ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησεν τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν:

Transliteration

Every pas therefore oun whoever hostis akouei of me the logous these, and poiei them, I will liken homoiōsō him to a man andri phronimō, whoever hostis ōkodomēsen the oikian of him upon the petran:

Grammar Details

• *pas*: nominative, masculine, singular - every/all/whole
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *hostis*: nominative, masculine, singular - whoever/anyone who
• *akouei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - hears/listens to
• *logous*: accusative, masculine, plural - words/sayings
• *poiei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - does/performs
• *homoiōsō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will liken/compare
• *andri*: dative, masculine, singular - to a man
• *phronimō*: dative, masculine, singular - wise/prudent/sensible
• *ōkodomēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - built/constructed
• *oikian*: accusative, feminine, singular - house/dwelling
• *petran*: accusative, feminine, singular - rock/bedrock

Word Meanings

• *pas*: every/all/the whole/anyone
• *hostis*: whoever/anyone who/which
• *logous*: words/sayings/teachings
• *poiei*: does/performs/practices/fulfills
• *phronimō*: wise/prudent/sensible/thoughtful
• *petran*: rock/bedrock/stone

Referenced Verses

• Luke 6:47-49 : 47 Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like; 48 he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock. 49 `And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'
• John 13:17 : 17 if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;
• John 14:15 : 15 `If ye love me, my commands keep,
• Luke 11:28 : 28 And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'
• Prov 10:8 : 8 The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
• 1 Cor 3:10-11 : 10 According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on `it', 11 for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
• 1 John 2:3 : 3 and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
• Jas 2:17-26 : 17 so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself. 18 But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith: 19 thou -- thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder! 20 And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead? 21 Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? 23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called. 24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; 25 and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth? 26 for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.
• 1 John 3:22-24 : 22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do, 23 and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us, 24 and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.
• John 15:10 : 10 if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;
• John 15:14 : 14 ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;
• Jas 1:21-27 : 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls; 22 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, 23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, 24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; 25 and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing. 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; 27 religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.
• John 14:22-24 : 22 Judas saith to him, (not the Iscariot), `Sir, what hath come to pass, that to us thou are about to manifest thyself, and not to the world?' 23 Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make; 24 he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
• Matt 6:19-21 : 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, 21 for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.
• Matt 7:13-14 : 13 `Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide `is' the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; 14 how strait `is' the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!
• Matt 12:50 : 50 for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
• Matt 5:3-9 : 3 `Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens. 4 `Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted. 5 `Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land. 6 `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled. 7 `Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness. 8 `Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God. 9 `Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God. 10 `Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens. 11 `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake -- 12 rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward `is' great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.
• Matt 5:28-32 : 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart. 29 `But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. 30 `And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. 31 `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; 32 but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'
• Ps 111:10 : 10 The beginning of wisdom `is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise `is' standing for ever!
• Ps 119:99 : 99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation.
• Ps 119:130 : 130 The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
• Matt 6:14-15 : 14 `For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens; 15 but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; 8 for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
• Gal 5:6-7 : 6 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working. 7 Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?
• Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap, 8 because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;
• 1 John 5:3-5 : 3 for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome; 4 because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith; 5 who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
• Rev 22:14-15 : 14 `Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city; 15 and without `are' the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.
• Jas 3:13-18 : 13 Who `is' wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom, 14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; 15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like, 16 for where zeal and rivalry `are', there is insurrection and every evil matter; 17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- 18 and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
• Rom 2:6-9 : 6 who shall render to each according to his works; 7 to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during; 8 and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;