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Luke 17:8

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17:8Won’t23 the master24 instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready25 to serve me while26 I eat and drink. Then27 you may eat and drink’?

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Footnotes

  1. 23 The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouchi), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself.
  2. 24 Grk “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 25 Grk “and gird yourself” (with an apron or towel, in preparation for service).
  4. 26 ἕως 2.b, “to denote contemporaneousness as long as, while … subjunctive … Lk 17:8.”
  5. 27 Grk “after these things.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

NLTNew Living Translation

No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?