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


In Context

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

6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

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

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

9 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'

10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who 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 American Standard 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 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 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.