Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
ἀμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.Verilyἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated 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”.I sayσοιsoiunto theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “unto thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto theeὅτεhoteWhenὅτεconjunction — “When”G3753when, at which time.Whenἦςēsthou wastεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou wast”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.thou wastνεώτεροςneōterosyoungνέος (neos)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “young”, the subject formG3501(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.This verse uses “young”.youngἐζώννυεςezōnnuesthou girdedstζώννυμι (zōnnumi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou girdedst”, an ongoing action in the pastG2224I gird, put on the girdle, especially as preparatory to active work.thou girdedstσεαυτὸνseautonyourselfσεαυτοῦ (seautoû)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “yourself”, the object formG4572Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyselfκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπεριεπάτειςperiepateiswalkedstπεριπατέω (peripateō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “walkedst”, an ongoing action in the pastG4043I walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): I conduct my life, live.walkedstὅπουhopouwhitherὅπουconjunction — “whither”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.whitherἤθελεςēthelesthou wouldestθέλω (thelō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou wouldest”, an ongoing action in the pastG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.thou wouldestὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.γηράσῃςgērasēsthou shalt be oldγηράσκω (gēraskō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular — “thou shalt be old”, a single actionG1095I become old, grow old.thou shalt be oldἐκτενεῖςekteneisthou shalt stretch forthἐκτείνω (ekteinō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou shalt stretch forth”, an action still aheadG1614I stretch out (forth), cast forth (as of an anchor), lay hands on.thou shalt stretch forthτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖράςcheirashandsχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “hands”, the object formG5495a hand.handsσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἄλλοςallosanotherἄλλοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeζώσειzōseito dressζώννυμι (zōnnumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to dress”, an action still aheadG2224I gird, put on the girdle, especially as preparatory to active work.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἴσειoiseicarryφέρω (pherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “carry”, an action still aheadG5342I carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known.This verse uses “carry”.carryὅπουhopouthee whitherὅπουconjunction — “thee whither”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.thee whitherοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notθέλειςtheleisto willθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou wast girding thyself and wast walking whither thou didst will, but when thou mayest be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and shall carry [thee] whither thou dost not will;'
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American Standard Version (1901)
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Young’s Literal Translation
verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou wast girding thyself and wast walking whither thou didst will, but when thou mayest be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and shall carry [thee] whither thou dost not will;'
World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you , when you were young , you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted to . But when you are old , you will stretch out your hands , and another will dress you and carry you where you don’ t want to go .”
Darby Translation
Verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst where thou desiredst; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and bring thee where thou dost not desire.
Douay-Rheims
Amen, amen I say to thee, when thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself, and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not.
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