Romans 13:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ φόρους τελεῖτε: λειτουργοὶ γὰρ Θεοῦ εἰσιν, εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο προσκαρτεροῦντες.

Transliteration

Through this gar also phorous teleite: leitourgoi gar Theou eisin, to this very thing proskarterountes.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *phorous*: accusative, masculine, plural - taxes/tributes
• *teleite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you pay
• *leitourgoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - servants/ministers
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *eisin*: present indicative, 3rd plural - they are
• *proskarterountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - attending continually/persevering

Word Meanings

• *phorous*: taxes/tributes/payments
• *teleite*: you pay/complete/fulfill
• *leitourgoi*: servants/ministers/public officials
• *proskarterountes*: attending continually/persevering/devoting themselves

Referenced Verses

• Matt 17:24-27 : 24 And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher -- doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.' 25 And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?' 26 Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free; 27 but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'
• Matt 22:17-21 : 17 tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' 18 And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites? 19 show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a denary; 20 and he saith to them, `Whose `is' this image and the inscription?' 21 they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'
• Mark 12:14-17 : 14 and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?' 15 And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, `Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;' 16 and they brought, and he saith to them, `Whose `is' this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, `Caesar's;' 17 and Jesus answering said to them, `Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;' and they did wonder at him.
• Luke 20:21-26 : 21 and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach; 22 Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?' 23 And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt? 24 shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, `Of Caesar:' 25 and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;' 26 and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
• Luke 23:2 : 2 and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'
• Rom 12:8 : 8 or he who is exhorting -- `In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- `In simplicity!' he who is leading -- `In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- `In cheerfulness.'
• Exod 18:13-27 : 13 And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses, from the morning unto the evening; 14 and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, `What `is' this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?' 15 And Moses saith to his father-in-law, `Because the people come unto me to seek God; 16 when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.' 17 And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, `The thing which thou art doing `is' not good; 18 thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which `is' with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself. 19 `Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God; 20 and thou hast warned them `concerning' the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do. 21 `And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed `these' over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens, 22 and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee. 23 If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.' 24 And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said, 25 and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens, 26 and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves. 27 And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.
• Deut 1:9-9 : 9 `And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you; 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye `are' to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude; 11 Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye `are', a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you. 12 `How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads; 14 and ye answer me and say, Good `is' the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do. 15 `And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes. 16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; 17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;
• 1 Sam 7:16-17 : 16 and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel `in' all these places; 17 and his returning `is' to Ramath, for there `is' his house, and there he hath judged Israel, and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.
• 2 Sam 8:5 : 5 And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;
• 1 Chr 18:14 : 14 And David reigneth over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,
• Ezra 4:13 : 13 `Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length `to' the kings it doth cause loss.
• Ezra 4:20 : 20 and mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, even rulers over all beyond the river, and toll, tribute, and custom is given to them.
• Ezra 6:8 : 8 `And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that `are' of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;
• Neh 5:4 : 4 And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, `on' our fields, and our vineyards;
• Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat. 8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up. 9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. 10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved. 11 For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth `to' me. 12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper. 13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. 14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I. 16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. 17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.