11 translations · Greek
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Matthew 25:34 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- KJV King James Version
- Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, the blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Then the king will say to the ones on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, and inherit the kingdom that's been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] world's foundation:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Then will the King say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Τότε | Tote | Then | G5119 τότε then |
| ἐρεῖ | erei | will say | G2046 ἐρῶ to say |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Βασιλεὺς | Basileus | King | G935 βασιλεύς king |
| τοῖς | tois | to those | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐκ | ek | on | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| δεξιῶν | dexiōn | right | G1188 δεξιός right |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| Δεῦτε | Deute | Come | G1205 δεῦτε come |
| οἱ | hoi | you who are | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| εὐλογημένοι | eulogēmenoi | blessed | G2127 εὐλογέω to praise/bless |
| τοῦ | tou | by | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατρός | Patros | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| κληρονομήσατε | klēronomēsate | inherit | G2816 κληρονομέω to inherit |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἡτοιμασμένην | hētoimasmenēn | prepared | G2090 ἑτοιμάζω to make ready |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | for you | G4771 σύ you |
| βασιλείαν | basileian | kingdom | G932 βασιλεία kingdom |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| καταβολῆς | katabolēs | [the] foundation | G2602 καταβολή beginning |
| κόσμου | kosmou | of [the] world | G2889 κόσμος world |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 1:19–20
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ; who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
- James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
- Revelation 13:8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
- Luke 12:32
Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
- 1 Peter 1:3–5
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.
- Matthew 20:23
He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
- Ephesians 1:3–6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love; having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, …
- Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
36 I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Read all of Matthew 25 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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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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