Revelation 22:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

{G2532} Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, ἰδοὺ, ἔρχομαι ταχύ· καὶ ὁ μισθός μου μετʼ ἐμοῦ, ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ ὡς τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ ἐσται.

Transliteration

And, idou, erchomai tachy; and the misthos of me with me, apodounai hekastō as the ergon of him estai.

Grammar Details

*idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd singular - behold/look
*erchomai*: present middle indicative, 1st singular - I am coming
*tachy*: adverb - quickly/swiftly
*misthos*: nominative, masculine, singular - reward/wage
*apodounai*: aorist active infinitive - to render/give back
*hekastō*: dative, masculine, singular - to each one
*ergon*: nominative, neuter, singular - work/deed
*estai*: future indicative, 3rd singular - will be

Word Meanings

*idou*: behold/look/see (attention marker)
*erchomai*: I am coming/I come
*tachy*: quickly/soon/swiftly
*misthos*: reward/wage/payment
*apodounai*: to render/give back/repay
*ergon*: work/deed/action

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
Isa 62:11 : 11 Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isa 40:10 : 10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Rev 22:7 : 7 And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.
1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
Rom 2:6-9 : 6 who will render to every man according to his works: 7 to them that by patience in {G18} well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life: 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; 10 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: 11 for there is no respect of persons with God.
Rom 14:12 : 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: {G3483} come, Lord Jesus.
Rev 11:18 : 18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and [the time] to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.
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.
Zeph 1:14 : 14 The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.
Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

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