Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
Luke 19:44
In 9 translations
- BSB
- They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”Literally your visitation
- KJV
- And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- WEB
- and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”
- ASV
- and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- LSV
- and lay you low, and your children within you, and they will not leave in you a stone on a stone, because you did not know the time of your inspection.”
- YLT
- and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'
- DBY
- and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.
- DRC
- And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee: and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
- GNV
- And shall make thee euen with ye ground, and thy children which are in thee, and they shall not leaue in thee a stone vpon a stone, because thou knewest not that season of thy visitation.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λίθον (“a stone”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λίθῳ (“a stone”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place σοί elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν σοί. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν σοί; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν σοὶ λίθον ἐπὶ λίθῳ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐδαφιοῦσίν σε καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί, καὶ οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν σοί, ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἔγνως τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἐδαφιοῦσίν σε καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί, καὶ οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν ἐν σοὶ λίθον ἐπὶ λίθῳ· ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἔγνως τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἐδαφιοῦσί σε καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί, καὶ οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν ἐν σοὶ λίθον ἐπὶ λίθῳ· ἀνθ᾿ ὧν οὐκ ἔγνως τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου.
- SCR1894
- και εδαφιουσιν σε και τα τεκνα σου εν σοι και ουκ αφησουσιν εν σοι λιθον επι λιθω ανθ ων ουκ εγνως τον καιρον της επισκοπης σου
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
JerusalemTemple, Herod’sVisitationLay; LayingChrist, the ProphetOlives, Mount ofStonesKing, Christ asSiegeChildren
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 21:6“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Luke 13:34–35O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Look, your…
- Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- 1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
- John 3:18–21Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the…
- Matthew 23:37–38O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Look, your…
- Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and…
- Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
- Mark 13:2“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Matthew 24:2“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Psalms 137:9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
- 1 Kings 9:7–8then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.…
- Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
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