11 translations · Greek

Matthew 25:31

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

World English Bible

Matthew 25:31 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
KJV King James Version
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
ASV American Standard Version
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
LSV Literal Standard Version
And whenever the Son of Man may come in His glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then He will sit on a throne of His glory;
FBV Free Bible Version
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his majestic throne.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
'And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;
DBY Darby Translation
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
WBT Webster’s Bible
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory:
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.

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
Ὅταν Hotan When G3752 ὅταν when(-ever)
δὲ de — G1161 δέ then
ἔλθῃ elthē comes G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go
ὁ ho the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
υἱὸς huios Son G5207 υἱός son
τοῦ tou — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou of Man G444 ἄνθρωπος a human
ἐν en in G1722 ἐν in/on/among
τῇ tē — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
δόξῃ doxē glory G1391 δόξα glory
αὐτοῦ autou His G846 αὐτός it/s/he
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
πάντες pantes all G3956 πᾶς all
οἱ hoi the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἄγγελοι angeloi angels G32 ἄγγελος angel
μετ’ met’ with G3326 μετά with/after
αὐτοῦ autou Him G846 αὐτός it/s/he
τότε tote — G5119 τότε then
καθίσει kathisei He will sit G2523 καθίζω to seat
ἐπὶ epi on G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against
θρόνου thronou throne G2362 θρόνος throne
δόξης doxēs glorious G1391 δόξα glory
αὐτοῦ autou His G846 αὐτός it/s/he
  • Revelation 1:7

    Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

  • Matthew 19:28

    Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8

    and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

  • Jude 1:14

    About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

  • Mark 8:38

    For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

  • Matthew 16:27

    For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

  • Psalm 9:7

    But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

  • John 5:27–29

    He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

  • Daniel 7:13–14

    “I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. Dominion was given him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom that which will not be destroyed.

  • Zechariah 14:5

    You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.

30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

32 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.

33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Read all of Matthew 25 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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