Luke 11 · Verse 7

Luke 11:7

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

Luke 11:7, King James Version

Luke 11:7 in other translations

BSB	And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
WEB	and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
ASV	and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?
YLT	and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.
DARBY	and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give it thee?
BBE	And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?
Webster	And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

What does Luke 11:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:5-8

5-8. at midnight ... for a friend is come--The heat in warm countries makes evening preferable to-day for travelling; but "midnight" is everywhere a most unseasonable hour of call, and for that very reason it is here selected.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 My children are with me in bed - Or, I and my children are in bed; this is Bishop Pearce's translation, and seems to some preferable to the common one. See a like form of speech in 1Cor 16:11, and in Eph 3:18. However, we may conceive that he had his little children, τα παιδια, in bed with him; and this heightened the difficulty of yielding to his neighbor's request. But if he persevere knocking. (At si ille perseveraverit pulsans). This sentence is added to the beginning of Luk 11:8, by the Armenian, Vulgate, four copies of the Itala, Ambrose, Augustin, and Bede. On these authorities (as I find it in no Greek MS). I cannot insert it as a part of the original text; but it is necessarily implied; for, as Bishop Pearce justly observes, unless the man in the parable be represented as continuing to solicit his friend, he could not possibly be said to use importunity: once only to ask is not to be importunate.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 11:5-13

Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we need, as a man does to his neighbour or friend, who is kind to him. We must come for bread; for that which is needful. If God does not answer our prayers speedily, yet he will in due time, if we continue to pray. Observe what to pray for; we must ask for the Holy Spirit, not only as necessary in order to our praying well, but as all…

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Luke 11:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

κἀκεῖνοςkakeinosAnd heG2532

ἔσωθενesōthenfrom withinG2081

ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweringG611

εἴπῃ·eipēmay say;G2036

μήmēNotG3361

μοιmoimeG3165

κόπουςkopoustroubleG2873

πάρεχε.parechedo cause.G3930

ἤδηēdēalreadyG2235

ἡhētheG3588

θύραthuradoorG2374

κέκλεισται,kekleistaihas been shut,G2808

καὶkaiandG2532

τὰtatheG3588

παιδίαpaidiachildrenG3813

μουmouof mineG3165

μετ᾽met᾽withG3326

ἐμοῦemoumeG1473

εἰςeisinG1519

τὴνtēntheG3588

κοίτηνkoitēnbedG2845

εἰσίν·eisinare;G1510

οὐounotG3756

δύναμαιdunamaiI am ableG1410

ἀναστὰςanastashaving risen upG450

δοῦναίdounaito giveG1325

σοι.soito you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 11:7

Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luke 7:6
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
Galatians 6:17
From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Matthew 25:10
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Trouble.
7:6; Ga 6:17
the door.
13:25; Mt 25:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Luke 11:6
For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Luke 11:8
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

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Luke 11:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y el de dentro respondiendo, dijere: No me seas molesto; la puerta está ya cerrada, y mis niños están conmigo en cama; no puedo levantarme, y darte?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et celui qui est dedans, répondant, dira: Ne m’importune pas; la porte est déjà fermée, et mes enfants sont au lit avec moi; je ne puis me lever et t’en donner.
German Elberfelder 1871	und jener würde von innen antworten und sagen: Mache mir keine Mühe, die Tür ist schon geschlossen, und meine Kinder sind bei mir im Bett; ich kann nicht aufstehen und dir geben?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	et ille de intus respondens dicat: Noli mihi molestus esse, jam ostium clausum est, et pueri mei mecum sunt in cubili: non possum surgere, et dare tibi.