^17:7“Would any one of you say²⁰ to your slave²¹ who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?²²

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Footnotes

20 Grk “Who among you, having a slave … would say to him.”
21 See the note on the word “slave” in .
22 Grk “and recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away. See ἀναπίπτω 1.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Which one of you having a servant tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

NLTNew Living Translation

“When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding sheep who comes in from the field will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at the table’?

KJV 1900King James Version

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

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