Matthew 22:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς διακόνοις, Δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας, ἄρατε αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐκβάλετε εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων.

Transliteration

Then eipen the basileus to the diakonois, Dēsantes of him podas and cheiras, arate him, and ekbalete into the skotos the exōteron; there estai the klauthmos and the brygmos of the odontōn.

Grammar Details

• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *basileus*: nominative, masculine, singular - king
• *diakonois*: dative, masculine, plural - servants/attendants/ministers
• *Dēsantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having bound
• *podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *arate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - take/lift up
• *ekbalete*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - throw out/cast out
• *skotos*: accusative, neuter, singular - darkness
• *exōteron*: accusative, neuter, singular, comparative - outer/outside
• *estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be
• *klauthmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - weeping/wailing
• *brygmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - grinding/gnashing
• *odontōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of teeth

Word Meanings

• *diakonois*: servants/attendants/ministers
• *Dēsantes*: having bound/tied/restrained
• *arate*: take/lift up/remove
• *ekbalete*: throw out/cast out/expel
• *skotos*: darkness/obscurity
• *exōteron*: outer/outside/external
• *klauthmos*: weeping/wailing/crying
• *brygmos*: grinding/gnashing/grating

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then{G5119} the king{G935} said{G2036} to the servants,{G1249} Bind{G1210} him{G846} hand{G5495} and{G2532} foot,{G4228} and cast{G1544} him out into{G1519} the outer{G1857} darkness;{G4655} there{G1563} shall be{G2071} the weeping{G2805} and{G2532} the gnashing{G1030} of teeth.{G3599}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then{G5119} said{G2036}{(G5627)} the king{G935} to the servants{G1249}, Bind{G1210}{(G5660)} him{G846} hand{G5495} and{G2532} foot{G4228}, and take{G142} him{G846} away{G142}{(G5657)}, and{G2532} cast{G1544}{(G5628)} him into{G1519} outer{G1857} darkness{G4655}; there{G1563} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} weeping{G2805} and{G2532} gnashing{G1030} of teeth{G3599}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then sayde the kynge to his ministers: take and bynde hym hand and fote and caste hym into vtter darcknes there shalbe wepinge and gnasshinge of teth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes: Take and bynde him hande and fote, & cast him into ye vtter darcknes: there shal be waylinge and gnasshinge of teth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast› [him] ‹into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

Referenced Verses

• Matt 8:12 : 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 25:30 : 30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Luke 13:28 : 28 There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
• Matt 13:42 : 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 13:50 : 50 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 24:51 : 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 12:29 : 29 Or how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
• Matt 13:30 : 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.”’
• Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
• Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never enter you again.
• Dan 3:20 : 20 And he commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.
• John 21:18 : 18 'Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.'
• Acts 7:54 : 54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
• Acts 21:11 : 11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, and tied his own hands and feet with it. He said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.
• 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment,
• 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever.
• Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not stay within their proper domain but abandoned their dwelling, He has kept in eternal chains under darkness for the judgment on the great day.
• Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.