Luke 12:59

KJV1611 – Modern English

I tell you, you shall not depart from there till 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till {G3739} thou have paid the very last mite.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• 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 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a penny.
• Matt 18:34 : 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
• Luke 16:26 : 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us who would come from there.
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;