Matthew 25:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Προσελθὼν δὲ καὶ ὁ τὸ ἓν τάλαντον εἰληφὼς εἶπεν, Κύριε, ἔγνων σε ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ ἄνθρωπος, θερίζων ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρας, καὶ συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας:

Transliteration

Proselthōn de also the [one] the one talanton eilēphōs eipen, Kyrie, egnōn you that sklēros you are anthrōpos, therizōn where not espeiras, and synagōn from where not dieskorpisas:

Grammar Details

• *proselthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having come to
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *eilēphōs*: perfect active participle, nominative masculine singular - having received
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *kyrie*: vocative masculine singular - master/lord
• *egnōn*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I knew
• *sklēros*: nominative masculine singular - hard/harsh
• *anthrōpos*: nominative masculine singular - man/person
• *therizōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - reaping
• *espeiras*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular - you sowed
• *synagōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - gathering
• *dieskorpisas*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular - you scattered

Word Meanings

• *proselthōn*: having come to/approached/come forward
• *de*: but/and/also
• *eilēphōs*: having received/taken/accepted [completed action]
• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *kyrie*: master/lord/sir
• *egnōn*: I knew/understood/recognized
• *sklēros*: hard/harsh/severe
• *anthrōpos*: man/person/human being
• *therizōn*: reaping/harvesting
• *espeiras*: you sowed/planted/scattered
• *synagōn*: gathering/collecting/bringing together
• *dieskorpisas*: you scattered/dispersed/spread

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the servant who had received one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then he which had receaved ye one talent came and sayd: master I considered yt thou wast an harde man which repest where thou sowedst not and gadderest where thou strawedst no

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then he that had receaued the one talet, came and sayde: Syr, I knew that thou art an hard man: thou reapest where thou hast not sowen, and gatherest where thou hast not strowed,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then he which had receiued the one talent, came, & said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the one who had received the one talent came and said,‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

Referenced Verses

• Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
• Isa 58:3 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors.
• Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why do my people say, We are lords; we will come no more to you?
• Jer 44:16-18 : 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you. 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
• Ezek 18:25-29 : 25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet says the house of Israel, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ O house of Israel, are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal?
• Mal 1:12-13 : 12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is defiled; and its produce, even its food, is contemptible. 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sneered at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought what was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD.
• Mal 3:14-15 : 14 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'. 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
• Matt 7:21 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.
• Matt 20:12 : 12 Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
• Luke 6:46 : 46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?
• Luke 15:29 : 29 And he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have served you, nor have I transgressed at any time your commandment: and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends:
• Luke 19:20-22 : 20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin. 21 For I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow. 22 And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
• Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
• Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?