Matthew 25:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone 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 lights 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 tormented in this flame.
• Acts 8:24 : 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and 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 hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be 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 the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
• Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining 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 obscure 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 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
• Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.