Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
That servant will be happy when his master returns to find him doing [his job] well.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!
A Conservative Version
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.
American Standard Version
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.
Bible in Basic English
Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.
Common New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whom his master at his return shall find so employ'd.
Darby Translation
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;
Godbey New Testament
Happy is that servant, whom his lord having come shall thus find watching.
Goodspeed New Testament
Blessed is that slave if his master when he returns finds him doing it.
John Wesley New Testament
Happy is that servant, whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Julia Smith Translation
Happy that servant, which his Lord, having come, shall find so doing.
King James 2000
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed is that servant when his lord comes and finds him so doing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Happy is that servant, whom his master when he cometh shall find so doing.
Moffatt New Testament
Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!
Montgomery New Testament
"Blessed is that slave whom his master on his coming shall find so doing.
NET Bible
Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.
New Heart English Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Noyes New Testament
Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Sawyer New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
The Emphasized Bible
Happy, that servant, whom the lord, when he cometh shall find doing, thus!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so employed.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
Webster
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Weymouth New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.
Williams New Testament
Happy is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
World English Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Worrell New Testament
Happy that servant, whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.
Worsley New Testament
Happy is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Youngs Literal Translation
Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:43
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave
42 And the Lord answered, "Who then is the trustworthy and sensible property manager, to whom his master will assign the management of his household, to provide adequate and timely meals for its members? 43 That servant will be happy when his master returns to find him doing [his job] well. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put that slave in charge of his entire estate.