Luke 12:59

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως οὖ καὶ τὸ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς.

Transliteration

I legō to you, ou mē you exelthēs from ekeithen, until hou also the eschaton lepton you apodōs.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present active, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *ou mē*: emphatic negation - never/certainly not
• *exelthēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might come out
• *ekeithen*: adverb - from there
• *hou*: relative pronoun, genitive - of which [time]
• *eschaton*: accusative, neuter, singular - last
• *lepton*: accusative, neuter, singular - lepton (smallest coin)
• *apodōs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might pay back

Word Meanings

• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *exelthēs*: come out/depart/leave
• *eschaton*: last/final/uttermost
• *lepton*: lepton/mite (smallest coin)
• *apodōs*: pay back/repay/return

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last penny.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I say{G3004} unto thee,{G4671} Thou shalt{G1831} by no{G3756} means{G3361} come out{G1831} thence,{G1564} till{G2193} {G3739} thou have paid{G591} the{G3016} very{G2532} last{G2078} mite.{G3016}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I tell{G3004}{(G5719)} thee{G4671}, thou shalt{G1831} not{G3364} depart{G1831}{(G5632)} thence{G1564},{G2532} till{G2193}{G3739} thou hast paid{G591}{(G5632)} the very last{G2078} mite{G3016}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I tell ye thou departest not thence tyll thou have made good ye vtmost myte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I tell the, thou shalt uot come out thence, tyll thou paye the vttemost myte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast payed the vtmost mite.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I tel thee, thou shalt not depart thence, tyll thou haue made good the vtmost mite.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.{Literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.}"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”

Referenced Verses

• Mark 12:42 : 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small coins, which amounted to a penny.
• Matt 18:34 : 34 In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
• Luke 16:26 : 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We always ought to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing.