King James Version
Luke 19:21 in the King James Version says “For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou did...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.”
Luke 19:21 · KJV
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I feared”
G5399to frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“thou takest up”
G142to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh
“down”
G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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