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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULTBut the wise took oil in the containers with their lamps.
USTIn contrast, here is how five of them were wise: they each took an oil lamp and also some extra oil for their lamps.
BSBBut the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
BLBbut the wise took oil in vessels with their lamps.
AICNTBut the wise ones took oil in their vessels[fn] with their lamps.
Wymthbut the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks.
ASVbut the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
DRABut the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
YLTand the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.
Drbybut the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
RVbut the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
WbstrBut the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
KJB-1769 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
KJB-1611But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes. (But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.)
BshpsBut the wise, toke oyle in their vessels, with their lampes also. (But the wise, took oil in their vessels, with their lamps also.)
GnvaBut the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes. (But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. )
CvdlBut the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes. (But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.)
TNTBut the wyse tooke oyle with the in their vesselles with their lampes also. (But the wise took oil with the in their vesseles with their lamps also. )
Wycbut the prudent token oile in her vessels with the laumpis. (but the prudent token oil in her vessels with the laumpis.)
LuthDie klugen aber nahmen Öl in ihren Gefäßen samt ihren Lampen. (The klugen but took Öl in your Gefäßen samt your Lampen.)
ClVgprudentes vero acceperunt oleum in vasis suis cum lampadibus. (prudentes vero acceperunt oil in vasis to_his_own when/with lampadibus. )
UGNTαἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι ἔλαβον ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις, μετὰ τῶν λαμπάδων ἑαυτῶν. (hai de fronimoi elabon elaion en tois angeiois, meta tōn lampadōn heautōn.)
SBL-GNTαἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι ἔλαβον ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ⸀ἀγγείοις μετὰ τῶν λαμπάδων ⸀ἑαυτῶν. (hai de fronimoi elabon elaion en tois ⸀angeiois meta tōn lampadōn ⸀heautōn.)
TC-GNTαἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι ἔλαβον ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις [fn]αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν λαμπάδων [fn]αὐτῶν. (hai de fronimoi elabon elaion en tois angeiois autōn meta tōn lampadōn autōn. )
Jesus is using the adjective wise as a noun to mean the wise virgins. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “the wise virgins” or “the wise ones”
Here Jesus again implies that this oil was extra oil stored in separate containers that the virgins would have used to refill their lamps. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. See how you expressed the idea in 25:3. Alternate translation: “more oil for refilling their lamps” or “additional oil”
By the time of the New Testament, the ancient city of Jerusalem had been transformed from the relatively small fortress of David’s day (2 Samuel 5:6-10; 1 Chronicles 11:4-9) into a major city with a Temple that rivaled the greatest temples in the Roman world. Just prior to Jesus’ birth, Herod the Great completely renovated and expanded the Temple of the Lord, and he also built a lavish palace for himself, various pools (where Jesus occasionally performed healings), public buildings, and military citadels, including the Antonia Fortress, which overlooked the Temple. Wealthy residents, including the high priest, occupied extravagant houses in the Upper City, while the poorer residents were relegated to less desirable areas like the Lower City. The Essene Quarter was so named because many of its residents belonged to the Essenes, a strict religious sect that was known for its careful attention to the law of Moses. Across the Kidron Valley lay the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples (Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-53; John 18:1-14). Further east was the Mount of Olives, where Jesus began his triumphal entry one week before his crucifixion (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19), taught his disciples about the last days (Matthew 24-25; Mark 13), and eventually ascended to heaven after his resurrection (Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:1-11).
