Philippians 4:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηδὲν μεριμνᾶτε· ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ δεήσει μετὰ εὐχαριστίας τὰ αἰτήματα ὑμῶν γνωριζέσθω πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.

Transliteration

Mēden merimnate; but in everything the proseuchē and the deēsei with eucharistias the aitēmata of you gnōrizesthō pros the Theon.

Grammar Details

• *Mēden*: adverb - nothing/not at all
• *merimnate*: present imperative, 2nd person plural - be anxious/worry
• *proseuchē*: dative, feminine, singular - prayer
• *deēsei*: dative, feminine, singular - petition/supplication
• *eucharistias*: genitive, feminine, singular - thanksgiving
• *aitēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - requests/petitions
• *gnōrizesthō*: present imperative passive, 3rd person singular - let be made known
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *Mēden*: nothing/not at all/in nothing
• *merimnate*: be anxious/worry/be concerned
• *proseuchē*: prayer/praying
• *deēsei*: petition/supplication/entreaty
• *eucharistias*: thanksgiving/gratitude
• *aitēmata*: requests/petitions/supplications
• *gnōrizesthō*: let be made known/presented/communicated
• *pros*: to/toward/before
• *Theon*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:25-33 : 25 `Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing? 26 look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they? 27 `And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? 28 and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin; 29 and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. 30 `And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith? 31 therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? 32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these; 33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
• Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. 6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
• 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.
• Ps 34:5-7 : 5 They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed. 6 This poor `one' called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him. 7 A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them.
• 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.
• Matt 6:8 : 8 be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
• Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth `us' always to pray, and not to faint,
• Eph 6:18 : 18 through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --
• Col 3:17 : 17 and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, `do' all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God `is' a refuge for us. Selah.
• Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
• 1 Thess 5:17-18 : 17 continually pray ye; 18 in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things -- thou hast not known them.
• Ps 55:17 : 17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
• 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.
• Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.
• Prov 16:3 : 3 Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
• 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.
• Col 4:2 : 2 In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;
• Luke 18:7 : 7 and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?
• Luke 10:41 : 41 And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,
• Luke 12:22 : 22 And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;
• Luke 12:29 : 29 `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers, 13 and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that Jehovah -- He `is' God.
• 1 Sam 1:15 : 15 And Hannah answereth and saith, `No, my lord, A woman sharply pained in spirit I `am', and wine and strong drink I have not drunk, and I pour out my soul before Jehovah;
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
• 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.
• Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
• Jude 1:20-21 : 20 And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying, 21 yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ -- to life age-during;
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
• Matt 10:19 : 19 `And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;
• 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
• Matt 13:22 : 22 `And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
• Gen 32:7-9 : 7 and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who `are' with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps, 8 and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.' 9 And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee: 10 I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant -- for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons; 12 and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'
• 1 Cor 7:21 : 21 a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather;
• 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 And Samuel taketh a stone, and setteth `it' between Mizpeh and Shen, and calleth its name Eben-Ezer, saying, `Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.'
• 2 Chr 32:20 : 20 And Hezekiah the king prayeth, and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, concerning this, and they cry to the heavens,
• Dan 3:16 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, `We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.
• Song 2:14 : 14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice `is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.