Readiness at Any Hour
Luke 12:47
In 9 translations
- BSB
- That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- KJV
- And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
- WEB
- That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
- ASV
- And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
- LSV
- And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes,
- YLT
- 'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
- DBY
- But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
- DRC
- And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
- GNV
- And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτοῦ (“of him”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἑαυτοῦ (“of himself”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἢ (“or”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μηδὲ (“nor”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἑαυτοῦ.
- SBLGNT: ἢ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἢ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read μηδὲ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐκεῖνος δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ὁ γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας ἢ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ δαρήσεται πολλάς·
- RP2018
- Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ὁ γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας μηδὲ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, δαρήσεται πολλάς·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ὁ γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας μηδὲ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, δαρήσεται πολλάς·
- SCR1894
- εκεινος δε ο δουλος ο γνους το θελημα του κυριου εαυτου και μη ετοιμασας μηδε ποιησας προς το θελημα αυτου δαρησεται πολλας
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Cross-references most cited first
- James 4:17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- John 9:41“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 12:48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
- John 15:22–24If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else…
- Deuteronomy 25:2–3If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants. He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be…
- Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Numbers 15:30–31But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and…
- 2 Corinthians 2:15–16For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified…
- John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
- Luke 10:12–15I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they…
- Matthew 11:22–24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were…
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