Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
and I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you [can] have your own talent [back].'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Since I was afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what's yours!'
A Conservative Version
And after being afraid, having gone, I hid thy talent in the ground. Lo, thou have thine own.
American Standard Version
and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth; see, you have yours.
Bible in Basic English
And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.
Common New Testament
So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
fear made me hide the talent under ground: but there you have what is your own.
Darby Translation
and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
Godbey New Testament
and being afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own.
Goodspeed New Testament
and I was frightened, and I went and hid your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money!'
John Wesley New Testament
And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast what is thine.
Julia Smith Translation
And having been afraid, having gone away, I concealed thy talent in the earth; see, thou hast thine own.
King James 2000
And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: lo, there you have what is yours.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [because I] was afraid, I went away [and] hid your talent in the ground. See, you have [what is] yours!'
Modern King James verseion
And I was afraid and went and hid your talent in the earth. Lo, you have yours.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and was therefore afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: Behold, thou hast thine own.'
Moffatt New Testament
So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!'
Montgomery New Testament
"so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!'
NET Bible
so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'
New Heart English Bible
I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. See, you have what is yours.'
Noyes New Testament
and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth. See! thou hast thine own.
Sawyer New Testament
and being afraid I went away and hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have what is yours.
The Emphasized Bible
And, overcome with fear, I went away, and hid thy talent in the ground: See! thou hast what is thine!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the ground: see here, thou hast thine own.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And, in my fear, I went and hid your money in the ground; look, here is what belongs to you!'
Webster
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast what is thine.
Weymouth New Testament
So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: there you have what belongs to you.'
Williams New Testament
So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.'
World English Bible
I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'
Worrell New Testament
and, being afraid, going away, I hid your talent in the earth: behold, you have your own.'
Worsley New Testament
and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the ground; behold, there is thine own:
Youngs Literal Translation
and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!
Themes
Civil service » Appointment in, on account of merit
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » The hardness of the master
the Gifts of God » Illustrated
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The talents
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates the parables of the ten virgins and of the talents
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Parables » Parables of Christ » Talents
Probation » Taught in parables of the talents and pounds
Punishment » According to deeds » See the parable of the talents
Servant » Wicked and unfaithful » In the parable of the talents and the parable of the pounds
Steward » Figurative » See the parable » Of the talents
Trustee » The parable of the pounds
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 25:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Talents
24 Then the one who was given [only] one talent came and reported, 'Master, I knew you were a difficult man who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered a harvest where you had not scattered seed, 25 and I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you [can] have your own talent [back].' 26 But his master said to him, 'You wicked, lazy servant. [Since] you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not scattered seed,
Cross References
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the Holy Spirit, to enslave you again to fear, [Note: Some translators take "Holy Spirit" here to be "spirit," making the verse say "you did not receive the spirit of slavery"], but you received the Holy Spirit [who produces] sonship, so we can call out, "Abba", [which means] "Father."
2 Timothy 1:6-7
The reason I am reminding you [of these things] is so that you will rekindle the gift from God, which is in your life through the laying on my hands. [Note: This "gift" was probably his ordination to serve as an evangelist (See 4:1-5), and in addition, may have included a supernatural "spiritual gift" bestowed by the apostle Paul].
Revelation 21:8
But the place for cowards, and unbelievers, and disgusting people [i.e., because of their terrible sins], and murderers, and sexually immoral people, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will be the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This is the second death."