Luke 12:43
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Luke 12:43 in other translations
| BSB | Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. |
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| WEB | Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes. |
| ASV | Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. |
| YLT | Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so; |
| DARBY | Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus; |
| BBE | Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so. |
| Webster | Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. |
What does Luke 12:43 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 12:41-48
41-48. unto us or even to all?--us the Twelve, or all this vast audience?
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 12:41-53
All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable…
Luke 12:43 in the original Greek
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Context
- Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
- Luke 12:43
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- Luke 12:44
Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
Luke 12:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Bienaventurado aquel siervo, al cual, cuando el señor viniere, hallare haciendo así. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Bienheureux est cet esclave-là, que son maître lorsqu’il viendra, trouvera faisant ainsi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Glückselig jener Knecht, den sein Herr, wenn er kommt, also tuend finden wird! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Beatus ille servus quem, cum venerit dominus, invenerit ita facientem. |