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Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐπῄνεσενepēnesencommendedἐπαινέω (epaineō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “commended”, a single actionG1867I praise, commend, applaud.commendedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκονόμονoikonomonstewardοἰκονόμος (oikonomos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “steward”, the object formG3623a household manager, a steward, guardian.stewardτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδικίαςadikiasunrighteousnessἀδικία (adikia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “unrighteousness”, the of-formG93injustice, unrighteousness, hurt.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseφρονίμωςphronimōswiselyφρονίμωςadverb — “wisely”G5430wisely, sensibly, prudently.This verse uses “wisely”.wiselyἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοὶhuioichildrenυἱός (huios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “children”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the childrenτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶνοςaiōnosworldαἰών (aiōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “world”, the of-formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.worldτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.φρονιμώτεροιphronimōteroiwiserφρόνιμος (phronimos)adjective, comparative, nominative, plural, masculine — “wiser”, the subject formG5429intelligent, prudent, sensible, wise.wiserὑπὲρhuperthanὑπέρpreposition — “than”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.thanτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοὺςhuiouschildrenυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “children”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.the childrenτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φωτὸςphōtosof lightφῶς (phōs)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of light”, the of-formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.of lightεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γενεὰνgeneangenerationγενεά (genea)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “generation”, the object formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἑαυτῶνheautōnmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “my”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.εἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

World English Bible

“ His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely , for the children of this world are , in their own generation , wiser than the children of the light .

Darby Translation

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

Douay-Rheims

And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

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