Ask, Seek, Knock
Luke 11:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
- KJV
- Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
- WEB
- Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
- ASV
- Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
- LSV
- And [if] he may ask [for] an egg, will present to him a scorpion?
- YLT
- and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
- DBY
- or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?
- DRC
- Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?
- GNV
- Or if hee aske an egge, will hee giue him a scorpion?
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐὰν (“if”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version read αἰτήσει (“he will ask for”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αἰτήσῃ (“you shall ask”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μὴ (“surely not”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: αἰτήσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αἰτήσει; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ.
- SBLGNT: ἐπιδώσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐπιδώσει; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read μὴ ἐπιδώσει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἢ καὶ αἰτήσει ᾠόν, ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;
- RP2018
- Ἢ καὶ ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ ᾠόν, μὴ ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἢ καὶ ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ ᾠόν, μὴ ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;αἰτήσῃ ¦ αἰτήσει ELZ
- SCR1894
- η και εαν αιτηση ωον μη επιδωσει αυτω σκορπιον
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence,…
- Revelation 9:10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
- Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
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