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Luke 1:53

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

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πεινῶνταςpeinōntashungryπεινάω (peinaō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “hungry”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3983I am hungry, needy, desire earnestly.the hungryἐνέπλησενeneplēsento fill upἐμπίμπλημι (empimplēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to fill up”, a single actionG1705I fill up, satisfy.This verse uses “fill up”.ἀγαθῶνagathōnwith good thingsἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “with good things”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.with good thingsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπλουτοῦνταςploutountasrichπλουτέω (plouteō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “rich”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4147I become rich, am rich, abound in.the richἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenhe hath sentἐξαποστέλλω (exapostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he hath sent”, a single actionG1821I send away, send forth (a person qualified for a task).he hath sentκενούςkenousemptyκενός (kenos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “empty”, the object formG2756(a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.This verse uses “empty”.empty

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

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American Standard Version (1901)

The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

Young’s Literal Translation

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

World English Bible

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Darby Translation

He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

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