Romans 12:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χαίρειν μετὰ χαιρόντων, καὶ κλαίειν μετὰ κλαιόντων.

Transliteration

To chairein with chairontōn, and to klaiein with klaiontōn.

Grammar Details

• *chairein*: present active infinitive - to rejoice
• *chairontōn*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - with rejoicing ones
• *klaiein*: present active infinitive - to weep
• *klaiontōn*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - with weeping ones

Word Meanings

• *chairein*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *chairontōn*: rejoicing/being glad/delighting
• *klaiein*: weep/cry/lament
• *klaiontōn*: weeping/crying/lamenting

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
• Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
• Phil 2:17-18 : 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
• Job 30:25 : 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
• Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
• Neh 1:4 : 4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
• Jer 9:1 : 1 ¶ Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Luke 1:58 : 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
• 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
• John 11:33-36 : 33 ¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, ‹Where have ye laid him?› They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
• Phil 2:26 : 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
• Phil 2:28 : 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
• Luke 15:5-9 : 5 ‹And when he hath found› [it], ‹he layeth› [it] ‹on his shoulders, rejoicing.› 6 ‹And when he cometh home, he calleth together› [his] ‹friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.› 7 ‹I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.› 8 ‹Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find› [it]? 9 ‹And when she hath found› [it], ‹she calleth› [her] ‹friends and› [her] ‹neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.› 10 ‹Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.›
• John 11:19 : 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
• Job 2:11 : 11 ¶ Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
• Isa 66:10-14 : 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon [her] sides, and be dandled upon [her] knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 And when ye see [this], your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and [his] indignation toward his enemies.