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OET (OET-RV) So when he began the process, a man was brought in who owed him millions,
OET-LV And of_him having_begun to_be_settling_accounts, one a_debtor of_ten_thousand talantons_of_silver was_brought to_him.
SR-GNT Ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, προσήχθη εἷς αὐτῷ ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων. ‡
(Arxamenou de autou sunairein, prosaʸⱪthaʸ heis autōi ofeiletaʸs muriōn talantōn.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Now when he had begun to take up together, one debtor of 10,000 talents was brought to him.
UST So, the king began to find out what his servants owed him. Someone led in a servant who owed the king an extremely large sum of money.
BSB As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents[fn] was brought to him.
18:24 A talent was worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer.
MSB (Same as above including footnotes)
BLB And he having begun to settle, one was brought to him, a debtor of ten thousand talents.
AICNT When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
OEB When he had begun to do so, one of them was brought to him who owed him ten thousand bags of gold;
WEBBE When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.[fn]
18:24 Ten thousand talents (about 300 metric tonnes of silver) represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labour.
WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)
NET As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
LSV and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,
FBV As he began to settle accounts, one servant was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.[fn]
18:24 An astronomical amount.
TCNT As he began to settle accounts, one servant who had a debt of ten thousand talents was brought to him.
T4T So those officials were brought to the king to settle their accounts with him. One of the officials who were brought owed the king several million dollars.
LEB No LEB MAT book available
BBE And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
Moff No Moff MAT book available
Wymth But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents,
ASV And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
DRA And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
YLT and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,
Drby And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.
RV And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
SLT And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents.
Wbstr And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
KJB-1769 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
KJB-1611 And when hee had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand [fn]talents.
(And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him which ought him ten thousand talents.)
18:24 A talent is 750. ounces of siluer, which after fiue shillings the ounce, is 187.li.10.s.
Bshps No Bshps MAT book available
Gnva And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.
(And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which ought him ten thousand talents. )
Cvdl No Cvdl MAT book available
TNT And when he had begone to recken one was broughte vnto him whiche ought him ten thousande talentis:
(And when he had begone to recken one was brought unto him which ought him ten thousand talents: )
Wycl No Wycl MAT book available
Luth No Luth MAT book available
ClVg Et cum cœpisset rationem ponere, oblatus est ei unus, qui debebat ei decem millia talenta.
(And when/with cœpisset reason to_put, oblatus it_is to_him unus, who debebat to_him ten thousands talents. )
UGNT ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, προσηνέχθη εἷς αὐτῷ ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
(arxamenou de autou sunairein, prosaʸneⱪthaʸ heis autōi ofeiletaʸs muriōn talantōn.)
SBL-GNT ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν ⸀προσηνέχθη ⸂αὐτῷ εἷς⸃ ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
(arxamenou de autou sunairein ⸀prosaʸneⱪthaʸ ⸂autōi heis⸃ ofeiletaʸs muriōn talantōn.)
RP-GNT Ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ εἷς ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
(Arxamenou de autou sunairein, prosaʸneⱪthaʸ autōi heis ofeiletaʸs muriōn talantōn.)
TC-GNT Ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, [fn]προσηνέχθη [fn]αὐτῷ εἷς ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
(Arxamenou de autou sunairein, prosaʸneⱪthaʸ autōi heis ofeiletaʸs muriōn talantōn. )
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
18:24 millions of dollars (Greek 10,000 talents): The talent was the highest unit of currency, but its value fluctuated. The debt was clearly impossible to pay—this amount exceeded the tax revenue of all Galilee.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, the word Now introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then,]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
συναίρειν
˓to_be˒_settling_accounts
Here, the phrase to take up together refers to settling accounts, that is, resolving any debts or loans between people. See how you translated the similar phrase in [18:23](../18/23.md). Alternate translation: [to settle]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
προσηνέχθη εἷς αὐτῷ ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν προσήχθη εἷς αὐτῷ ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων)
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [they brought to him one debtor of 10,000 talents]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων
˓a˒_debtor ˱of˲_ten_thousand talents
Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe a debtor who owes 10,000 talents. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [debtor who owed 10,000 talents]
Note 5 topic: translate-bmoney
μυρίων ταλάντων
˱of˲_ten_thousand talents
A talent was a unit of money equivalent to about 6,000 denarii, that is, about 6,000 days’ wages for a hired worker. This was a very large, almost uncountable, amount of money. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might state something more general or give the equivalent in wages. Make sure that your translation shows that this is a very large sum of money. Alternate translation: [of a huge amount of money] or [of 60 million days’ wages]