Matthew 25:8

New American Standard Bible

"But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

King James Version (1611)
And the foolish said vnto the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out.

King James Version
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

English Standard Version
And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

New Century Version
But the foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

Amplified Bible
"But the foolish virgins said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Berean Standard Bible
The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.'

Contemporary English Version
the foolish ones said to the others, "Let us have some of your oil! Our lamps are going out."

Complete Jewish Bible
The foolish ones said to the sensible ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

Darby Translation
And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the foolish girls said to the wise girls, ‘Give us some of your oil. The oil in our lamps is all gone.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out.

George Lamsa Translation
And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

Good News Translation
Then the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Let us have some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

Lexham English Bible
And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your olive oil, because our lamps are going out!'

Literal Translation
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

American Standard Version
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

Bible in Basic English
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

Hebrew Names Version
The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

International Standard Version
But the foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out!'

Etheridge Translation
But those foolish ones said to the wise, Give to us from your oil; for, behold, our lamps are gone out.

Murdock Translation
And the foolish said to the wise; Give us of your oil; for, behold, our lamps have gone out.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out.

English Revised Version
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

World English Bible
The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, `for our torches are going out.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the foolis seiden to the wise, Yyue ye to vs of youre oile, for oure laumpis ben quenchid.

Update Bible Version
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out.

New English Translation
The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

New King James Version
And the foolish said to the wise, "Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

New Living Translation
Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.'

New Life Bible
The foolish women said to the wise women, ‘Give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.'

New Revised Standard
The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the foolish, unto the prudent, said - Give us of your oil, because, our torches, are going out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.

Revised Standard Version
And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ye folysshe sayde to ye wyse: geve vs of youre oyle for our lampes goo out?

Young's Literal Translation
and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle, for oure lapes are gone out.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and the foolish said to the wise, give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The dumb girls said to the others, 'Give us some of your oil. Our lanterns are going out and we won't be able to see.'

Contextual Overview

¹ "Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. ² "Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. ³ "For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take extra oil with them; ⁴ but the prudent ones took oil in flasks with their lamps. ⁵ "Now while the groom was delaying, they all became drowsy and began to sleep. ⁶ "But at midnight there finally was a shout: 'Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.' ⁷ "Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ "But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'⁹ "However, the prudent ones answered, 'No, there most certainly would not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.' ¹⁰ "But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the groom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Give: Matthew 3:9, Luke 16:24, Acts 8:24, Revelation 3:9

for: Matthew 13:20, Matthew 13:21, Job 8:13, Job 8:14, Job 18:5, Job 21:17, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20, Luke 8:18, Luke 12:35

gone out: or, going out, Hebrews 4:1

Reciprocal: Job 12:5 - a lamp Proverbs 21:20 - but Proverbs 24:20 - candle

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 25:7
These are all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, 175 years.

Genesis 25:8
Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 25:9
Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre,

Genesis 25:17
These are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 25:28
Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 25:29
When Jacob had cooked a stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted;

Genesis 35:18
And it came about, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 49:29
Then he commanded them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Numbers 20:24
"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the foolish said unto the wise, give us of your oil,.... A graceless person may be able to see the grace of God in others, be convinced of it, and acknowledge it, as these foolish virgins did: they saw that the wise virgins had oil, that is, grace; this they knew by the bright burning of their lamps, by their readiness in trimming them, and that in a different way from them; by their sedate composure of mind, and confidence of soul, notwithstanding the midnight cry; and by their ardent and affectionate desire to meet the bridegroom. A graceless person may also see a need of grace: these foolish virgins had no such sense, when they first took up their profession; they went on a long time in a course of religion, without any thoughts of it; and the sense they had now was not of the need of it, in the vessels of their hearts, but in their lamps only; nor was it from the Spirit of God, but through the surprise and terror of the midnight cry. Such persons may also be desirous of the grace of God; not because of the intrinsic nature and worth of it, nor for the service and glory of God, but from a mere principle of self-love; and when they can go on no longer with the lamp of profession; and then they desire to have it any where, rather than from Christ, as did these foolish virgins; and who betrayed their folly by applying to saints for it. Had they asked their advice in this their distress, it would have been wisely done; or had they desired their prayers for them; or that they would impart some spiritual instructions to them; but to ask their grace of them was exceeding foolish; when grace only comes from God, who is the God of all grace, through Christ as mediator, in whom the fulness of it dwells, and by the Spirit, who is a Spirit of grace and of supplication; but is never to be had from men, no, not from the best men on earth, nor from the angels in heaven. The reason of this their request follows,

for our lamps are gone out; which may be said to be when professors neglect the duties of religion, drop, or deny the doctrines of the Gospel formerly professed by them, become bad in their principles, and scandalous in their lives, or withdraw themselves from the churches of Christ; though neither of these seem to be the case here: wherefore this going out of their lamps seems to intend the insufficiency of an external profession of religion to meet the bridegroom, and support a person with confidence and intrepidity in his presence: these foolish virgins now saw, when too late, that their lamps availed them nothing; they were gone out, and become useless and unprofitable, because they had not the oil of grace with them; or what they had was only counterfeit grace, or only an appearance of it; a mere form of godliness, without its power; or only gifts which are perishable, and now failed, ceased, and were vanishing away; wherefore this is no instance of the loss of true grace, nor at all militates against the perseverance of the saints.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 25:8. Our lamps are gone out. — σβεννυνται, are going out. So then it is evident that they were once lighted. They had once hearts illuminated and warmed by faith and love; but they had backslidden from the salvation of God, and now they are excluded from heaven, because, through their carelessness, they have let the light that was in them become darkness, and have not applied in time for a fresh supply of the salvation of God.

A Jewish rabbin supposes God addressing man thus:-I give thee my lamp, give thou me thy lamp; if thou keep my lamp I will keep thy lamp; but if thou extinguish my lamp I will extinguish thy lamp. That is, I give thee my WORD and testimonies to be a light unto thy feet and a lanthorn to thy steps, to guide thee safely through life; give me thy SOUL and all its concerns, that I may defend and save thee from all evil: keep my WORD, walk in my ways, and I will keep thy SOUL that nothing shall injure it; but if thou trample under foot my laws, I will cast thy soul into outer darkness.