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The Sheep and the Goats

Matthew 25:32

In 9 translations

BSB
All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
KJV
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
WEB
Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
ASV
and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
LSV
and all the nations will be gathered together before Him, and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
YLT
and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,
DBY
and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
DRC
And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:
GNV
And before him shalbe gathered all nations, and he shall seperate them one from another, as a shepheard separateth the sheepe from ye goates.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read συναχθήσονται (“they will be gathered”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read συναχθήσεται (“he will be gathered”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἀφορίσει: Tyndale House, Textus Receptus: ἀφοριεῖ.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: συναχθήσονται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read συναχθήσονται; Robinson–Pierpont read συναχθήσεται.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφορίσει αὐτοὺς ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων,
RP2018
καὶ συναχθήσεται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφοριεῖ αὐτοὺς ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων·
TR-Boyd
καὶ συναχθήσεται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφοριεῖ αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾿ ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων·
SCR1894
και συναχθησεται εμπροσθεν αυτου παντα τα εθνη και αφοριει αυτους απ αλληλων ωσπερ ο ποιμην αφοριζει τα προβατα απο των εριφων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  • Matthew 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
  • 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  • Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  • Ezekiel 34:17–22This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats. Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the…
  • Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  • Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  • Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
  • Revelation 20:12–15And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea…
  • John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
  • Psalms 50:3–5Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people: “Gather to Me My saints, who made a…
  • Romans 2:12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
  • Matthew 13:42–43And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
  • Romans 14:10–12Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every…
  • Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

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