Luke 17:8

NET ©

Won’t 1  the master 2  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready 3  to serve me while 4  I eat and drink. Then 5  you may eat and drink’?

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

"But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

NLT ©

He must first prepare his master’s meal and serve him his supper before eating his own.

MSG ©

Wouldn't you be more likely to say, 'Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'?

BBE ©

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

NRSV ©

Would you not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink’?

NKJV ©

"But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’?

KJV
And
<235>
will not
<3780>
rather say
<2046> (5692)
unto him
<846>_,
Make ready
<2090> (5657)
wherewith
<5101>
I may sup
<1172> (5661)_,
and
<2532>
gird thyself
<4024> (5671)_,
and serve
<1247> (5720)
me
<3427>_,
till
<2193>
I have eaten
<5315> (5632)
and
<2532>
drunken
<4095> (5632)_;
and
<2532>
afterward
<3326> <5023>
thou
<4771>
shalt eat
<5315> (5695)
and
<2532>
drink
<4095> (5695)_?
GREEK
all
<235>
CONJ
ouci
<3780>
PRT-I
erei
<2046> (5692)
V-FAI-3S
autw
<846>
P-DSM
etoimason
<2090> (5657)
V-AAM-2S
ti
<5101>
I-ASN
deipnhsw
<1172> (5661)
V-AAS-1S
kai
<2532>
CONJ
perizwsamenov
<4024> (5671)
V-AMP-NSM
diakonei
<1247> (5720)
V-PAM-2S
moi
<3427>
P-1DS
ewv
<2193>
CONJ
fagw
<5315> (5632)
V-2AAS-1S
kai
<2532>
CONJ
piw
<4095> (5632)
V-2AAS-1S
kai
<2532>
CONJ
meta
<3326>
PREP
tauta
<5023>
D-APN
fagesai
<5315> (5695)
V-FDI-2S
kai
<2532>
CONJ
piesai
<4095> (5695)
V-FDI-2S
su
<4771>
P-2NS
NET © [draft] ITL
Won’t
<3780>
the master instead
<235>
say
<2046>
to him
<846>
, ‘Get
<2090>
my dinner
<1172>
ready
<2090>
, and
<2532>
make
<4024>
yourself ready
<4024>
to serve
<1247>
me
<3427>
while
<2193>
I eat
<5315>
and
<2532>
drink
<4095>
. Then
<2532>
you
<4771>
may eat
<5315>
and
<2532>
drink
<4095>
’?
NET © Notes

1 tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouci), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself.

2 tn Grk “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Grk “and gird yourself” (with an apron or towel, in preparation for service).

4 tn BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 2.b, “to denote contemporaneousness as long as, while… w. subjunctive… Lk 17:8.”

5 tn Grk “after these things.”