8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.


In Context

5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

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

9 But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.