Matthew 18:34

King James Version

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

King James Version (1611)
And his lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentors, till hee should pay all that was due vnto him.

English Standard Version
And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt.

New American Standard Bible
"And his master, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he would repay all that was owed him.

New Century Version
The master was very angry and put the servant in prison to be punished until he could pay everything he owed.

Amplified Bible
"And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (jailers) until he paid all that he owed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So his Lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentours, till he should pay all that was due to him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

Berean Standard Bible
In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

Contemporary English Version
The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed.

Complete Jewish Bible
And in anger his master turned him over to the jailers for punishment until he paid back everything he owed.

Darby Translation
And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.

Easy-to-Read Version
The master was very angry, so he put the servant in jail to be punished. And he had to stay in jail until he could pay everything he owed.

George Lamsa Translation
So his master was angry, and delivered him to the scourgers, until he should pay everything he owed him.

Good News Translation
The king was very angry, and he sent the servant to jail to be punished until he should pay back the whole amount."

Lexham English Bible
And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.

Literal Translation
And being angry, his lord delivered him up to the tormentors until he pay back all that debt to him.

American Standard Version
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.

Bible in Basic English
And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

Hebrew Names Version
His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

International Standard Version
In anger his master handed him over to the torturersjailers">[fn] until he could repay the entire debt.

Etheridge Translation
And his lord was indignant, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should have paid all whatsoever he owed to him.

Murdock Translation
And his lord was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him.

English Revised Version
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.

World English Bible
His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And his lord being wroth, delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.

Weymouth's New Testament
"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And his lord was wroth, and took hym to turmentouris, til he paiede al the dette.

Update Bible Version
And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.

New English Translation
And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.

New King James Version
And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

New Living Translation
Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.

New Life Bible
The king was very angry. He handed him over to men who would beat and hurt him until he paid all the money he owed.

New Revised Standard
And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, provoked to anger, his master delivered him up to the torturers, until he should pay all that was owing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.

Revised Standard Version
And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And his lorde was wrooth and delyuered him to the iaylers tyll he shnld paye all that was due to him.

Young's Literal Translation
`And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his lorde was wroth, and delyuered him vnto the iaylers, tyll he payed all that he ought.

Mace New Testament (1729)
so that his lord in great displeasure delivered him to the jayler till he should pay the whole debt.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The rancher then had the guy beaten until he could pay back every cent he owed the rancher.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? ²² Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. ²⁴ And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵ But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. ²⁷ Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. ²⁹ And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. ³⁰ And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

Bible Verse Review
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and delivered: Matthew 5:25, Matthew 5:26, Luke 12:58, Luke 12:59, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:11

Reciprocal: Isaiah 47:11 - put it off Matthew 6:12 - debts Luke 7:42 - when

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his Lord was wroth,.... Very angry, greatly incensed, and justly provoked at such inhuman treatment:

and delivered him to the tormentors, or jail keepers. The Ethiopic version renders it, "to them that judge", or the judges; Munster's Hebrew Gospel, "to the punishers", or such that inflicted punishment according to the decree of the judge: from both, the sense may be, that he was delivered over to proper judges of his case, to be treated as the nature of it required, to be cast into prison, and there endure all the severities of law and justice:

till he should pay all that was due unto him; which being so vast a sum, and he but a servant, could never be done: but inasmuch as this man was fully and freely pardoned before, how comes it to pass, that full payment of debt is yet insisted on? It is certain, that sin, once pardoned by God, he never punishes for it; for pardon with him is of all sin; he forgives all trespasses, though ever so many, and remits the whole debt, be it ever so large; which act of his grace will never be revoked: it is one of his gifts which are without repentance; it proceeds upon, and comes through a plenary satisfaction for sin made by his own Son, and therefore it would be unjust to punish for it: by this act, sin is covered out of sight; it is blotted out, and entirely done away, and that for ever. Hence some think this man had only the offer of a pardon, and not that itself; but it is not an offer of pardon, that Christ, by his blood, has procured, and is exalted to give, but that itself; and this man had his debt, his whole debt forgiven him: others think, that this was a church forgiveness, who looked upon him, judged him, and received him as one forgiven; but for his cruel usage of a fellow member, delivered him to the tormentors, passed censures on him, and excommunicated him, till he should give full satisfaction, which is more likely: others, this forgiveness was only in his own apprehensions: he presumed, and hoped he was forgiven, when he was not; but then his crime could not have been so aggravated as is: rather, this forgiveness is to be understood of averting calamities and judgments, likely to fall for his iniquities, which is sometimes the sense of this phrase: see 1 Kings 8:34 and so his being delivered to the tormentors may mean, his being distressed with an accusing guilty conscience, an harassing, vexing devil, many misfortunes of life, and temporal calamities. Though after all, this is not strictly to be applied to any particular case or person, but the scope of the parable is to be attended to; which is to enforce mutual forgiveness among men, from having received full and free pardon at the hands of God; and that without the former, there is little reason to expect the latter, as appears from what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Delivered him to the tormentors - The word “tormentors” here probably means keepers of the prisons. Torments were inflicted on criminals, not on debtors. They were inflicted by stretching the limbs, or pinching the flesh, or putting out the eyes, or taking off the skin while alive, etc. It is not probable that anything of this kind is intended, but only that the servant was punished by imprisonment until the debt should be paid.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 18:34. Delivered him to the tormentors — Not only continued captivity is here intended, but the tortures to be endured in it. If a person was suspected of fraud, as there was reason for in such a case as that mentioned here, he was put to very cruel tortures among the Asiatics, to induce him to confess. In the punishments of China, a great variety of these appear; and probably there is an allusion to such torments in this place. Before, he and all that he had, were only to be sold. Now, as he has increased his debt, so he has increased his punishment; he is delivered to the tormentors, to the horrors of a guilty conscience, and to a fearful looking for of fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. But if this refers to the day of judgment, then the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched, are the tormentors.