King James Version

Matthew 25:26

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.αὐτοῦautouunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ΠονηρὲponēreThou wickedπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, vocative, singular, masculine — “Thou wicked”, the calling formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “wicked”.Thou wickedδοῦλεdouleservantδοῦλος (doulos)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “servant”, the calling formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.servantκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὀκνηρέoknērelazyὀκνηρός (oknēros)adjective, vocative, singular, masculine — “lazy”, the calling formG3636slothful, backward, hesitating; of things: irksome.ᾔδειςēdeisto perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, pluperfect active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action before another past momentG1492I know, remember, appreciate.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.θερίζωtherizōto reapθερίζωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to reap”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2325I reap, gather, harvest.This verse uses “reap”.ὅπουhopouwhereὅπουconjunction — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔσπειραespeirato sowσπείρω (speirō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to sow”, a single actionG4687I sow, spread, scatter.This verse uses “sow”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.συνάγωsunagōto assembleσυνάγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to assemble”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.ὅθενhothenwhenceὅθενconjunction — “whence”G3606(a) whence, from which place, (b) wherefore.This verse uses “whence”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.διεσκόρπισαdieskorpisastrawedδιασκορπίζω (diaskorpizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “strawed”, a single actionG1287I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste.strawed

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

World English Bible

“ But his lord answered him , ‘ You wicked and slothful servant . You knew that I reap where I didn’ t sow , and gather where I didn’ t scatter .

Darby Translation

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

Douay-Rheims

And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed:

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies