Matthew 25:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

in like manner also he who `received' the two, he gained, also he, other two;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὡσαύτως Καὶ ὁ τὰ δύο, ἐκέρδησεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἄλλα δύο.

Transliteration

Hōsautōs And the [one with] the two, ekerdēsen also himself another two.

Grammar Details

• *hōsautōs*: adverb - likewise/similarly
• *ekerdēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - gained

Word Meanings

• *hōsautōs*: likewise/similarly/in the same way
• *ekerdēsen*: gained/earned/profited

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:19 : 19 for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
• 2 Sam 19:32 : 32 and Barzillai `is' very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he `is' a very great man;
• 1 Kgs 18:3-4 : 3 and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who `is' over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly, 4 and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --
• 2 Kgs 4:8-9 : 8 And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there `is' a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread, 9 and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually; 10 let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'
• Job 29:11-17 : 11 For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth `to' me. 12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper. 13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. 14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I. 16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. 17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
• Job 31:16-22 : 16 If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, 17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, 18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) 19 If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself, 21 If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in `him' the gate of my court, 22 My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; 10 And filled are thy barns `with' plenty, And `with' new wine thy presses break forth.
• Eccl 11:1-6 : 1 Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it. 2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth. 3 If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty `themselves'; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is. 4 Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not. 5 As thou knowest not what `is' the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.
• Mark 14:3-8 : 3 And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head; 4 and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made? 5 for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her. 6 And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me; 7 for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always; 8 what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.
• Acts 9:36-39 : 36 And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing; 37 and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber, 38 and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that `place', sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them. 39 And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.
• Acts 10:2 : 2 pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,
• Acts 11:29-30 : 29 and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea, 30 which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
• 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;
• 2 Cor 9:11-14 : 11 in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God, 12 because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and `for' the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all, 14 and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;
• Gal 6:9-9 : 9 and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding; 10 therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.
• Eph 5:16 : 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil;
• Col 4:17 : 17 and say to Archippus, `See to the ministration that thou didst receive in the Lord, that thou mayest fulfil it.'
• 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
• 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed, 17 but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found; 18 may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.
• Heb 6:10-11 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering; 11 and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,
• 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;