Matthew 25:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αἱ δὲ μωραὶ ταῖς φρονίμοις εἶπον, Δότε ἡμῖν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαίου ὑμῶν· ὅτι αἱ λαμπάδες ἡμῶν σβέννυνται.

Transliteration

The de mōrai to the phronimois eipon, Dote to us from the elaiou of you; because the lampades of us sbennyntai.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *mōrai*: nominative feminine plural - foolish
• *phronimois*: dative feminine plural - to wise
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - said
• *dote*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - give
• *elaiou*: genitive neuter singular - of oil
• *lampades*: nominative feminine plural - lamps
• *sbennyntai*: present passive indicative, 3rd person plural - are being extinguished

Word Meanings

• *de*: but/and/now
• *mōrai*: foolish/stupid/dull
• *phronimois*: wise/prudent/sensible
• *eipon*: said/spoke/told
• *dote*: give/grant/provide
• *elaiou*: oil/olive oil
• *lampades*: lamps/torches/lights
• *sbennyntai*: are being extinguished/going out/being quenched

Referenced Verses

• Luke 12:35 : 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
• Luke 16:24 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.
• Acts 8:24 : 24 And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
• Job 8:13-14 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish: 14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.
• Job 18:5 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
• Job 21:17 : 17 How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
• Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
• Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
• Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
• Matt 3:9 : 9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
• Matt 13:20-21 : 20 And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; 21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.
• Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for {G3739} whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and {G3739} whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.