But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
WEB
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
YLT
`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;
DBT
But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentMatthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
- Author
- Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
- Date
- c. AD 50–60