Matthew 12:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, Ὅτι πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργόν ὃ ἐὰν λαλήσωσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἀποδώσουσιν περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως.

Transliteration

Legō de to you, That every rhēma argon which if lalēsōsin the anthrōpoi, apodōsousin concerning it logon in hēmera kriseōs.

Grammar Details

*Legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*rhēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - word/saying
*argon*: accusative, neuter, singular - idle/useless
*lalēsōsin*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might speak
*anthrōpoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - men/people
*apodōsousin*: future, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they will give account
*logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - account/reckoning
*hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - day
*kriseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of judgment

Word Meanings

*rhēma*: word/statement/saying/utterance
*argon*: idle/useless/unproductive/careless
*lalēsōsin*: speak/say/utter
*anthrōpoi*: men/people/humans
*apodōsousin*: will render/will give account/will pay
*logon*: account/reckoning/explanation
*hēmera*: day/time
*kriseōs*: judgment/decision/evaluation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rom 2:16 : 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

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