^19:22The king⁶³ said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words,⁶⁴ you wicked slave!⁶⁵ So you knew, did you, that I was a severe⁶⁶ man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

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Footnotes

63 Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
64 Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).
65 Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”
66 Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said to him, ‘I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

NLTNew Living Translation

“ ‘You wicked servant!’ the king roared. ‘Your own words condemn you. If you knew that I’m a hard man who takes what isn’t mine and harvests crops I didn’t plant,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

KJV 1900King James Version

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:

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