King James Version

Luke 12:17

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andδιελογίζετοdielogizetohe thoughtδιαλογίζομαι (dialogizomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he thought”, an ongoing action in the pastG1260I reason (with), debate (with), consider.he thoughtἐνenwithinἐνpreposition — “within”G1722in, on, among.withinἑαυτῷheautōhimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “What”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.Whatποιήσωpoiēsōshall I doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “shall I do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.shall I doὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.noἔχωechōto haveἔχωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ποῦpouroom whereποῦadverb — “room where”G4226where, in what place.This verse uses “where”.room whereσυνάξωsunaxōto bestowσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “to bestow”, an action still aheadG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.to bestowτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καρπούςkarpousfruitsκαρπός (karpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fruits”, the object formG2590(a) fruit, generally vegetable, sometimes animal, (b) met: fruit, deed, action, result, (c) profit, gain.fruitsμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

Young’s Literal Translation

and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

World English Bible

He reasoned within himself , saying , ‘ What will I do , because I don’ t have room to store my crops ?’

Darby Translation

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

Douay-Rheims

And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

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