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The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luke 16:23

In 9 translations

BSB
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
KJV
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
WEB
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.or, Hell
ASV
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
LSV
and having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom,
YLT
and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,
DBY
And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
DRC
And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:
GNV
And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his bosome.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸν (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of Ἀβραὰμ: Tyndale House: Ἁβραὰμ.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ὁρᾷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὁρᾷ; Robinson–Pierpont add τὸν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾍδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾍδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
και εν τω αδη επαρας τους οφθαλμους αυτου υπαρχων εν βασανοις ορα τον αβρααμ απο μακροθεν και λαζαρον εν τοις κολποις αυτου

Who and where

👤 Abraham👤 Lazarus◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
  • Matthew 18:9And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
  • Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
  • Luke 16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
  • Revelation 14:10–11he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment…
  • Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
  • Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
  • Matthew 8:11–12I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there…
  • Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
  • Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
  • Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • Revelation 20:13–14The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
  • Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to…
  • Luke 13:28–29There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out. People will come from east and west and north and south,…
  • Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

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