He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.Luke 6:48
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Greek)
ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδομοῦντι οἰκίαν ὃς ἔσκαψεν καὶ ἐβάθυνεν καὶ ἔθηκεν θεμέλιον ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν. πλημμύρης δὲ γενομένης προσέρηξεν ὁ ποταμὸς τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν σαλεῦσαι αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ καλῶς οἰκοδομῆσθαι αὐτήν
- ὅμοιόςhomoios“Like”Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅμοιος · “like” · Strong's G3664
- ἐστινestin“he is”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
- ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpō“to a man”Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
- οἰκοδομοῦντιoikodomounti“building”Verb, present, active, participle, dative, singular, masculine · from οἰκοδομέω · “to build” · Strong's G3618
- οἰκίανoikian“a house”Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from οἰκία · “home” · Strong's G3614G
- ὃςhos“who”Relative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
- ἔσκαψενeskapsen“dug”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from σκάπτω · “to dig” · Strong's G4626
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- ἐβάθυνενebathunen“he deepened”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from βαθύνω · “to dig deep” · Strong's G0900
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- ἔθηκενethēken“he laid”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from τίθημι · “to place” · Strong's G5087
- θεμέλιονthemelion“a foundation”Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from θεμέλιος · “foundation” · Strong's G2310
- ἐπὶepi“on”Preposition · from ἐπί · “upon/to/against” · Strong's G1909
- τὴνtēn“the”Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- πέτραν.petran“rock.”Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from πέτρα · “rock” · Strong's G4073
- πλημμύρηςplēmmurēs“when a flood”Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from πλήμμυρα · “flood” · Strong's G4132
- δὲde“then”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- γενομένηςgenomenēs“having come”Verb, 2nd aorist, middle (deponent), participle, genitive, singular, feminine · from γίνομαι · “to be” · Strong's G1096
- προσέρηξενproserēxen“burst upon”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from προσρήγνυμι · “to strike upon” · Strong's G4366
- ὁho“the”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ποταμὸςpotamos“stream”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ποταμός · “river” · Strong's G4215
- τῇtēa“the”Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- οἰκίᾳoikia“house”Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from οἰκία · “home” · Strong's G3614G
- ἐκείνῃ,ekeinē“that,”Demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine · from ἐκεῖνος · “that” · Strong's G1565
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- οὐκouk“not”Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
- ἴσχυσενischusen“was able”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἰσχύω · “be strong” · Strong's G2480
- σαλεῦσαιsaleusai“to shake”Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from σαλεύω · “to shake” · Strong's G4531
- αὐτὴνautēn“it”Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- διὰdia“because”Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
- τὸto“<the>”Article, accusative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- καλῶςkalōs“well”Adverb · “well” · Strong's G2573
- οἰκοδομῆσθαιoikodomēsthai“to have been built”Verb, perfect, passive, infinitive · from οἰκοδομέω · “to build” · Strong's G3618
- αὐτήνautēn“it”Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)