Matthew 25:33

Geneva Bible

And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, and the goates on the left.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

King James Version (1611)
And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

King James Version
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

English Standard Version
And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

New American Standard Bible
and He will put the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left.

New Century Version
The Son of Man will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Amplified Bible
and He will put the sheep on His right [the place of honor], and the goats on His left [the place of rejection].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

Legacy Standard Bible
and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

Berean Standard Bible
He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

Contemporary English Version
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Complete Jewish Bible
The ‘sheep' he will place at his right hand and the ‘goats' at his left.

Darby Translation
and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on [his] left.

Easy-to-Read Version
He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

George Lamsa Translation
And he will set the sheep at his right, and the goats at his left.

Good News Translation
He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.

Lexham English Bible
And he will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

Literal Translation
And indeed He will set the sheep off His right, but the goats off the left hand .

American Standard Version
and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Bible in Basic English
And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

Hebrew Names Version
He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

International Standard Version
He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.

Etheridge Translation
And he shall cause the sheep to stand upon his right hand, and the goats on his left.

Murdock Translation
And he will place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shall set the sheepe on his right hande, but the goates on the lefte.

English Revised Version
and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

World English Bible
He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he will set the sheep on his right-hand, and the goats on the left.

Weymouth's New Testament
and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats at His left.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he schal departe hem atwynne, as a scheeperde departith scheep from kidis; and he schal sette the scheep on his riythalf, and the kidis on the lefthalf.

Update Bible Version
and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

New English Translation
He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

New King James Version
And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

New Living Translation
He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.

New Life Bible
He will put the sheep on His right side, but the goats He will put on His left side.

New Revised Standard
and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

Revised Standard Version
and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he shall set the shepe on his right honde and the gotes on the lyfte.

Young's Literal Translation
and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he shal set ye shepe on his right honde, and the goates on the lefte.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He will put the sheep on his right side and the goats to the left.

Contextual Overview

³¹ And when the Sonne of man commeth in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit vpon the throne of his glorie, ³² And before him shalbe gathered all nations, & he shal seperate them one from another, as a shepheard separateth the sheepe from ye goates. ³³ And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, and the goates on the left. ³⁴ Then shall ye king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the inheritance of the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you. ³⁶ I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or a thirst, and gaue thee drinke? ³⁸ And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee? ³⁹ Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? ⁴⁰ And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the sheep: Psalms 79:13, Psalms 95:7, Psalms 100:3, John 10:26-28, John 21:15-17

his: Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14, Genesis 48:17-19, Psalms 45:9, Psalms 110:1, Mark 16:19, Acts 2:34, Acts 2:35, Ephesians 1:20, Hebrews 1:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:12 - a goat 1 Kings 2:19 - she sat 2 Kings 10:23 - the worshippers Psalms 16:11 - pleasures Jeremiah 24:3 - What Ezekiel 20:37 - pass Ezekiel 20:38 - I will purge Ezekiel 34:17 - I judge Zechariah 10:3 - and I Matthew 25:41 - them

Cross-References

Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,

Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.

Genesis 25:6
But vnto the sonnes of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gaue giftes, and sent them away from Izhak his sonne (while he yet liued) Eastward to the East countrey.

Genesis 25:7
And this is the age of Abrahams life, which he liued, an hundreth seuentie & fiue yeere.

Genesis 27:36
Then he sayde, Was hee not iustly called Iaakob? for hee hath deceiued mee these two times: he tooke my birthright, and loe, nowe hath he taken my blessing. Also he sayd, Hast thou not reserued a blessing for me?

Mark 6:23
And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome.

Hebrews 6:16
For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

Hebrews 12:16
Let there be no fornicator, or prophane person as Esau, which for one portion of meate solde his birthright.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,.... That is, the elect of God, and true believers, such as have the grace of God truly implanted in them; the sheep the Father gave unto Christ, and made his care and charge, whom he, as the good shepherd, laid down his life for; and who know his voice in effectual calling, and follow him in the way of his ordinances and appointments; and are comparable to sheep for their meekness and innocence, their simplicity and usefulness, and their harmless and inoffensive lives, and conversations: these Christ will set on his right hand, as a token of his affection for them, and a mark of respect and honour shown them, and as a pledge of that exaltation and glory he will be about to raise them to.

But the goats on the left; that is, the foolish virgins, wicked, and slothful servants, graceless professors, who, because of the impurity of their hearts, the filthiness of their lives, and their offensiveness to Christ, are compared to goats: these he will place at his left hand, in token of his disaffection for them, as a brand of disgrace upon them, and as an intimation of that dishonour, and miserable condition they will quickly be in. These different situations plainly pre-signify how things will go with each, that one will be acquitted, and made happy, the other will be condemned, and become miserable. Agreeable to which the Jews say c, that there is a right hand and a left hand with the Lord: they that are on the right hand, are such as have done well, and are לזכות, "for absolution"; and they that are on the left hand are criminals, and are לחובה, "for condemnation". Some think the allusion is to the two Scribes in the sanhedrim, who stood before the judges, one on the right hand, and the other on the left, and wrote the sentences; the one of those that were acquitted, and the other of those that were condemned d.

c Jarchi in Gen. i. 26. Kimchi in 1 Kings xxii. 19. Lex. Cabalist. p. 132. Zohar in Numb. fol. 93. 4. d Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 4. sect. 3. Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 9. Moses Kotsensis Mitzvot Tora pr. affirm. 97.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall set the sheep ... - By “the sheep” are denoted, here, the righteous. The name is given to them because the sheep is an emblem of innocence and harmlessness. See John 10:7, John 10:14-16, John 10:27; Psalms 100:3; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 23:1-6.

On the right hand - The right hand is the place of honor, and denotes the situation of those who are honored, or those who are virtuous. See Ecclesiastes 10:2; Ephesians 1:20; Psalms 110:1; Acts 2:25, Acts 2:33.

The goats - The wicked. See Ezekiel 34:17.

The left - That is, the left hand. This was the place of dishonor, denoting condemnation. See Ecclesiastes 10:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. He shall set the sheep, c.] The right hand signifies, among the rabbins, approbation and eminence: the left hand, rejection, and disapprobation. Hence in Sohar Chadash it is said, "The right hand is given, the left also is given - to the Israelites and the Gentiles are given paradise and hell - this world, and the world to come." The right and left were emblematical of endless beatitude and endless misery among the Romans. Hence Virgil:-

Hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas,

Dextera, quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit:

Hac iter Elysium nobis at laeva malorum

Exercet poenas, et ad impia Tartara mittit.

AEn. vi. 540.

Here in two ample roads the way divides,

The right direct, our destined journey guides,

By Pluto's palace, to the Elysian plains;

The left to Tartarus, where bound in chains

Loud howl the damn'd in everlasting pains. PITT.

Of the good and faithful servants he approves, and therefore exalts them to his glory; of the slothful and wicked he disapproves, and casts them into hell.

SHEEP, which have ever been considered as the emblems of mildness, simplicity, patience, and usefulness, represent here the genuine disciples of Christ.

GOATS, which are naturally quarrelsome, lascivious, and excessively ill-scented, were considered as the symbols of riotous, profane, and impure men. They here represent all who have lived and died in their sins. See Ezekiel 34:17, and Zechariah 10:3.