But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “good and” (καλὸν καὶ) before pleasing here.
εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.δέdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butτιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.χήραchērawidowχήραadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “widow”, the subject formG5503a widow.widowτέκναteknachildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “children”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἔκγοναekgonanephewsἔκγονον (ekgonon)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “nephews”, the object formG1549descended, subst: a descendant.nephewsἔχειecheito haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.μανθανέτωσανmanthanetōsanlet them learnμανθάνω (manthanō)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person plural — “let them learn”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3129I learn; with adj. or nouns: I learn to be so and so; with acc. of person who is the object of knowledge; aor. sometimes: to ascertain.This verse uses “learn”.let them learnπρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτονadverb — “first”G4412Strong’s files this form under G4413 (πρῶτος).firstτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἴδιονidionat homeἴδιος (idios)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “at home”, the object formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.at homeοἶκονoikonhouseοἶκος (oikos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “house”, the object formG3624(a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.εὐσεβεῖνeusebeinto show pietyεὐσεβέω (eusebeō)verb, present active infinitive — “to show piety”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2151I am dutiful, pious, show piety towards, worship.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀμοιβὰςamoibasto requiteἀμοιβή (amoibē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “to requite”, the object formG287a change, an exchange; hence plur: reciprocal good deeds (services), a fitting requital.to requiteἀποδιδόναιapodidonaito payἀποδίδωμι (apodidōmi)verb, present active infinitive — “to pay”, an ongoing or repeated actionG591(a) I give back, return, restore, (b) I give, render, as due, (c) mid: I sell.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.προγόνοιςprogonoistheir parentsπρόγονος (progonos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “their parents”, the to- or for-formG4269an ancestor.their parentsτοῦτοtoutothatοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “that”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.thatγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἀπόδεκτονapodektonacceptableἀπόδεκτος (apodektos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “acceptable”, the subject formG587worthy to be received (welcomed), acceptable, welcome, pleasant.This verse uses “acceptable”.acceptableἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.beforeτοῦtoutheὁ (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”.God
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
καλὸνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
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American Standard Version (1901)
But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Young’s Literal Translation
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
World English Bible
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Darby Translation
but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to [their] parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Douay-Rheims
But if any widow have children, or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house, and to make a return of duty to her parents: for this is acceptable before God.
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