LUKE 19:21

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For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

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Luke 19:21 Translation & Meaning

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For γάρ Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) For
I feared ἐφοβούμην To frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere feared
thee, σε Thee thee
because ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because because
thou art εἶ Thou art art
an austere αὐστηρὸς Rough (properly as a gale), i.e., (figuratively) severe austere
man: ἄνθρωπος Man-faced, i.e., a human being man
thou takest up αἴρεις To lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin takest up
that The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that that
thou layedst down, ἔθηκας To place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate) layedst down
not οὐκ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
reapest θερίζεις To harvest reapest
that The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that that
thou didst ἔσπειρας To scatter, i.e., sow (literally or figuratively) didst
not οὐκ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
sow. ἔσπειρας To scatter, i.e., sow (literally or figuratively) sow

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  • 19  And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

  • 20  And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

  • 21  For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

  • 22  And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

  • 23  Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?




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