11 translations · Greek
Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
- KJV King James Version
- Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Come to Me, all you laboring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Come to me, all of you who struggle and who are burdened down. I will give you rest.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Come to me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Δεῦτε | Deute | Come | G1205 δεῦτε come |
| πρός | pros | to | G4314 πρός to/with |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| οἱ | hoi | you who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κοπιῶντες | kopiōntes | are weary | G2872 κοπιάω to labor |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πεφορτισμένοι | pephortismenoi | burdened | G5412 φορτίζω to burden |
| κἀγὼ | kagō | and I | G2504 κἀγώ and I |
| ἀναπαύσω | anapausō | will give you rest | G373 ἀναπαύω to give rest |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | — | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- John 7:37
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
- John 6:37
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
- Galatians 5:1
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
- Isaiah 55:1–3
“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness. Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
- Jeremiah 6:16
Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
- Isaiah 48:17–18
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go. Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
- Psalm 116:7
Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
- Isaiah 28:12
to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary”; and “This is the refreshing”; yet they would not hear.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
28 “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Read all of Matthew 11 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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