Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And, overcome with fear, I went away, and hid thy talent in the ground: See! thou hast what is thine!
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
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].'
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.
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 But he also who, the one talent, had received, coming forward, said - Lord I knew thee, that thou art a, hard, man, reaping, where thou hast not sown, - and gathering, whence thou hast not winnowed; 25 And, overcome with fear, I went away, and hid thy talent in the ground: See! thou hast what is thine! 26 And his lord, answering, said unto him - O wicked servant, and cowardly, knewest thou that I reap, where I have not sown, and gather, whence I have not winnowed?
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:9-10
And David was afraid of Yahweh, on that day, - and said, How can the ark of Yahweh come unto me?
Proverbs 26:13
Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
Isaiah 57:11
Whom then hadst thou been anxious about and feared that thou shouldest speak falsely, When me, thou rememberedst not, caredst not for me? Did not, I, keep silence even from age-past times, Although me, thou wouldest not fear?
Romans 8:15
For ye have not received a spirit of servitude, leading back into fear, but ye have received a spirit of sonship, whereby we are exclaiming - Abba! Oh Father!
2 Timothy 1:6-7
For which cause, I put thee in remembrance, to be stirring up God's gift of favour, which is in thee through means of the laying on of my hands;
Revelation 21:8
But, as for the timid, and disbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part, is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, - which is the second death.