Luke 15:25

In 9 translations

BSB

Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

KJV

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

WEB

“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

ASV

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

LSV

And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing,

YLT

'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

DBY

And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

DRC

Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:

GNV

Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Ἦν δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐν ἀγρῷ· καὶ ὡς ἐρχόμενος ἤγγισεν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἤκουσεν συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν,

RP2018

Ἦν δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐν ἀγρῷ· καὶ ὡς ἐρχόμενος ἤγγισεν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἤκουσεν συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν.

TR-Boyd

Ἦν δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐν ἀγρῷ· καὶ ὡς ἐρχόμενος ἤγγισε τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἤκουσε συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν.

SCR1894

ην δε ο υιος αυτου ο πρεσβυτερος εν αγρω και ως ερχομενος ηγγισεν τη οικια ηκουσεν συμφωνιας και χορων

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• Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
• Psalms 150:4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
• Psalms 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
• Luke 7:32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
• Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
• Luke 15:11–12Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
• 2 Samuel 6:14And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
• Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
• Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

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