Matthew 18:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ, εἷς ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.

Transliteration

Arxamenou but he synairein, prosēnechthē to him, one opheiletēs of myriōn talantōn.

Grammar Details

• *Arxamenou*: participle, aorist, middle, genitive, masculine, singular - having begun
• *synairein*: verb, present, active, infinitive - to settle
• *prosēnechthē*: verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - was brought
• *opheiletēs*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - debtor
• *myriōn*: adjective, genitive, neuter, plural - ten thousand
• *talantōn*: noun, genitive, neuter, plural - talents

Word Meanings

• *Arxamenou*: having begun/started/commenced
• *synairein*: to settle/to reckon/to compare
• *prosēnechthē*: was brought/was presented/was offered
• *opheiletēs*: debtor/one who owes
• *myriōn*: ten thousand/countless/immense number
• *talantōn*: talents (large monetary unit)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he had begone to recken one was broughte vnto him whiche ought him ten thousande talentis:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he beganne to reke, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousande poude.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.}

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 29:7 : 7 And they gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
• Ezra 9:6 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
• Ps 38:4 : 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
• Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
• Luke 7:41-42 : 41 There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
• Luke 13:4 : 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think they were worse sinners than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
• Luke 16:5 : 5 So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much do you owe my master?
• Luke 16:7 : 7 Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.