What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
μὴmēnotμήparticle — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.οἰκίαςoikiashomeοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “home”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.οὐκoukyou notοὐ (ou)adverb — “you not”G3756no, not.you notἔχετεecheteto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐσθίεινesthieinto eatἐσθίω (esthiō)verb, present active infinitive — “to eat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πίνεινpineinto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, present active infinitive — “to drink”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasassemblyἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “assembly”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.καταφρονεῖτεkataphroneiteto despiseκαταφρονέω (kataphroneō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to despise”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2706I despise, scorn, and show it by active insult, disregard.This verse uses “despise”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.καταισχύνετεkataischuneteto dishonorκαταισχύνω (kataischunō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to dishonor”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2617I shame, disgrace, bring to shame, put to utter confusion, frustrate.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἔχονταςechontasto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τίtiwhich?τίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which?”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “which”.εἴπωeipōto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ἐπαινέσωepainesōto praiseἐπαινέω (epaineō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to praise”, a single actionG1867I praise, commend, applaud.This verse uses “praise”.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἐπαινῶepainōto praiseἐπαινέω (epaineō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to praise”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1867I praise, commend, applaud.This verse uses “praise”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!
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American Standard Version (1901)
What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.
Young’s Literal Translation
why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!
World English Bible
What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
Darby Translation
Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this [point] I do not praise.
Douay-Rheims
What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not.
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