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Luke 6:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ouai (Greek #3759)
"woe"
KJV usage: alas, woe.
Pronounce: oo-ah'-ee
Origin: a primary exclamation of grief
unto you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
that are full
empiplemi (Greek #1705)
to fill in (up), i.e. (by implication) to satisfy (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fill.
Pronounce: em-pip'-lay-mee
Origin: or ἐμπλήθω (em-play'-tho) from 1722 and the base of 4118
c! for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
ye shall hunger
peinao (Greek #3983)
to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
KJV usage: be an hungered.
Pronounce: pi-nah'-o
Origin: from the same as 3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
. Woe
ouai (Greek #3759)
"woe"
KJV usage: alas, woe.
Pronounce: oo-ah'-ee
Origin: a primary exclamation of grief
unto you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
that laugh
gelao (Greek #1070)
to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction)
KJV usage: laugh.
Pronounce: ghel-ah'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
e now
nun (Greek #3568)
"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate
KJV usage: henceforth, + hereafter, of late, soon, present, this (time). See also 3569, 3570.
Pronounce: noon
Origin: a primary particle of present time
! for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
ye shall mourn
pentheo (Greek #3996)
to grieve (the feeling or the act)
KJV usage: mourn, (be-)wail.
Pronounce: pen-theh'-o
Origin: from 3997
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
weep
klaio (Greek #2799)
to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)
KJV usage: bewail, weep.
Pronounce: klah'-yo
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Isa. 28:7• 7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment. (Isa. 28:7)
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Isa. 65:13• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and *ye* shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and *ye* shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and *ye* shall be ashamed; (Isa. 65:13)
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Prov. 14:13• 13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness. (Prov. 14:13)
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Eph. 5:4• 4and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving. (Eph. 5:4)

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full.
Deut. 6:11‑12• 11and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;
 12then beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Deut. 6:11‑12)
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1 Sam. 2:5• 5They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are so no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (1 Sam. 2:5)
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Prov. 30:9• 9lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God. (Prov. 30:9)
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Isa. 28:7• 7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment. (Isa. 28:7)
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Isa. 65:13• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and *ye* shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and *ye* shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and *ye* shall be ashamed; (Isa. 65:13)
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Phil. 4:12‑13• 12I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.
 13I have strength for all things in him that gives me power. (Phil. 4:12‑13)
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Rev. 3:17• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; (Rev. 3:17)
hunger.
Isa. 8:21• 21And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward: (Isa. 8:21)
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Isa. 9:20• 20and he snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry, and eateth on the left hand; and they are not satisfied. They eat every man the flesh of his own arm: (Isa. 9:20)
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Isa. 65:13• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and *ye* shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and *ye* shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and *ye* shall be ashamed; (Isa. 65:13)
laugh.
Luke 8:53• 53And they derided him, knowing that she had died. (Luke 8:53)
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Luke 16:14‑15• 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
 15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:14‑15)
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Psa. 22:6‑7• 6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying: (Psa. 22:6‑7)
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Prov. 14:13• 13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness. (Prov. 14:13)
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Eccl. 2:2• 2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it? (Eccl. 2:2)
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Eccl. 7:3,6• 3Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
 6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. (Eccl. 7:3,6)
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Eph. 5:4• 4and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving. (Eph. 5:4)
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James 4:9• 9Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. (James 4:9)
mourn.
Luke 12:20• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:20)
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Luke 13:28• 28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out. (Luke 13:28)
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Job 20:5‑7• 5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
 6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
 7Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? (Job 20:5‑7)
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Job 21:11‑13• 11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
 12They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
 13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol. (Job 21:11‑13)
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Psa. 49:19• 19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light. (Psa. 49:19)
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Isa. 21:3‑4• 3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
 4My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. (Isa. 21:3‑4)
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Isa. 24:7‑12• 7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
 8the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
 9They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
 10The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
 11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
 12desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten,--a ruin. (Isa. 24:7‑12)
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Dan. 5:4‑6• 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
 5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
 6Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Dan. 5:4‑6)
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Amos 8:10• 10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. (Amos 8:10)
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Nah. 1:10• 10Though they be tangled together as thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely. (Nah. 1:10)
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Matt. 22:11‑13• 11And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.
 12And he says to him, My friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
 13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 22:11‑13)
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
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Rev. 18:7‑11• 7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
 8for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who has judged her.
 9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
 10standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.
 11And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more; (Rev. 18:7‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

W. Kelly Translation

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Woe unto you that are filleda! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto youb that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

WK Translation Notes

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Some MSS. read "filled;" the Edd. add "now" after others.
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"Woe unto you": Some MSS. read "Woe ye."