Matthew Chapter 12 verse 36 Holy Bible
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
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But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
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But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
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`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;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 36, 37. - Matthew only. Verse 36. - But (δέ); and (Revised Version). The adversative particle hints at the contrast of ver. 35 to their ordinary ideas about the importance of words. I say unto you, That every idle (ἀργόν); i.e. effecting nothing, morally useless; 2 Peter 1:8 (cf. καταργεῖ, Luke 13:7). Word (ῤῆμα); see ver. 37, note. That men shall speak, they shall give account thereof (ἀποδώσουσι λόγον: cf. 1 Peter 4:5) in the day of judgment (Matthew 10:15, note).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) Every idle word that men shall speak.--The teaching, though general in form, still looks back to the hard, bitter words of the Pharisees which had been the starting-point of the discourse. Our Lord does not speak, as we might have expected, of "every evil word," but of "every idle--i.e., useless and purposeless--word," the random utterances which, as being more spontaneous, betray character more than deliberate speech. Such an "idle word" had been the passing taunt, "He casteth out devils by Beelzebub." It is not said, however, that for every such random speech a man shall be condemned, but that he shall give an account for it. It will enter into that great total which determines the divine estimate of his character, and, therefore, the issues of the great "day of judgment."