Luke 14:9
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
Luke 14:9 in other translations
| BSB | Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place. |
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| WEB | and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place. |
| ASV | and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. |
| YLT | and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place. |
| DARBY | and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou begin with shame to take the last place. |
| BBE | And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. |
| Webster | And he that invited thee and him, shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. |
What does Luke 14:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 14:7-11
7-11. a parable--showing that His design was not so much to inculcate mere politeness or good manners, as underneath this to teach something deeper (Lu 14:11). chief rooms--principal seats, in the middle part of the couch on which they reclined at meals, esteemed the most honorable.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 14:7-14
Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the…
Luke 14:9 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 14:9
- Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
- Esther 6:6-12
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. …
- Ezekiel 28:2-10
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: …
- Daniel 4:30-34
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Es 6:6-12; Pr 3:35; 11:2; 16:18; Eze 28:2-10; Da 4:30-34
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Context
- Luke 14:8
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
- Luke 14:9
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
- Luke 14:10
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Luke 14:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viniendo el que te llamó á ti y á él, te diga: Da lugar á éste: y entonces comiences con vergüenza á tener el lugar último. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et que celui qui vous a conviés, toi et lui, ne vienne et ne te dise: Fais place à celui-ci; et qu’alors tu ne te mettes avec honte à occuper la dernière place. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und der, welcher dich und ihn geladen hat, komme und zu dir spreche: Mache diesem Platz; und dann wirst du anfangen, mit Schande den letzten Platz einzunehmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et veniens is, qui te et illum vocavit, dicat tibi: Da huic locum: et tunc incipias cum rubore novissimum locum tenere. |