King James Version

Luke 19:23

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὴν) before bank here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaithenκαίconjunction — “then”G2532and, even, also, namely.thenδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τίtiwhich?τίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which?”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “which”.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔδωκάςedōkasthouδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.thouμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀργύριονargurionmoneyἀργύριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “money”, the object formG694silver, a piece of silver, a shekel, money in general.moneyἐπὶepiintoἐπίpreposition — “into”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.intoτράπεζανtrapezanbankτράπεζα (trapeza)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “bank”, the object formG5132a table, (a) for food or banqueting, (b) for money-changing or business.the bankκἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).thatἐλθὼνelthōnat my comingἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “at my coming”, a single actionG2064I come, go.at my comingσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withτόκῳtokōusuryτόκος (tokos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “usury”, the to- or for-formG5110interest, usury.This verse uses “usury”.usuryἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.αὐτὸautoheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔπραξαepraxato doπράσσω (prassō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4238I do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require.

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τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

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American Standard Version (1901)

then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

Young’s Literal Translation

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

World English Bible

Then why didn’ t you deposit my money in the bank , and at my coming , I might have earned interest on it ?’

Darby Translation

And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

Douay-Rheims

And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?

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