King James Version

Luke 12:33

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

πωλήσατεpōlēsateSellπωλέω (pōleō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “Sell”, a single actionG4453I sell, exchange, barter.Sellτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὑπάρχονταhuparchontahaveὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.haveὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδότεdotegiveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.giveἐλεημοσύνηνeleēmosunēnalmsἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “alms”, the object formG1654abstr: alms-giving, charity; concr: alms, charity.almsποιήσατεpoiēsateprovideποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “provide”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.provideἑαυτοῖςheautoisyourselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.yourselvesβαλλάντιαballantiabagsβαλλάντιον (ballantion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “bags”, the object formG905a purse, money-bag.bagsμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notπαλαιούμεναpalaioumenaoldπαλαιόω (palaioō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “old”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3822I make old, declare obsolete; pass: I grow old, become obsolete.oldθησαυρὸνthēsaurona treasureθησαυρός (thēsauros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a treasure”, the object formG2344a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.This verse uses “a treasure”.a treasureἀνέκλειπτονanekleiptonthat faileth notἀνέκλειπτος (anekleiptos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “that faileth not”, the object formG413unfailing.that faileth notἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῖςouranoisheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.ὅπουhopouwhereὅπουadverb — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.whereκλέπτηςkleptēsthiefκλέπτηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “thief”, the subject formG2812a thief.thiefοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἐγγίζειengizeiapproachethἐγγίζω (engizō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “approacheth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1448trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach.approachethοὐδὲoudeneitherοὐδέconjunction — “neither”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.This verse uses “neither”.neitherσὴςsēsmothσήςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “moth”, the subject formG4597a moth.mothδιαφθείρειdiaphtheireicorruptethδιαφθείρω (diaphtheirō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “corrupteth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1311I destroy, waste; hence met: I corrupt.corrupteth

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

Young’s Literal Translation

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

World English Bible

Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’ t grow old , a treasure in the heavens that doesn’ t fail , where no thief approaches and no moth destroys .

Darby Translation

Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.

Douay-Rheims

Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies