Jesus Testifies about John
Luke 7:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
- KJV
- ¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- WEB
- “To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?TR adds “But the Lord said,”
- ASV
- Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
- LSV
- And the LORD said, “To what, then, will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?
- YLT
- And the Lord said, 'To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- DBY
- To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?
- DRC
- And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- GNV
- And the Lord saide, Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation? and what thing are they like vnto?
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος (“said now the Lord”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;
- RP2018
- Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;
- TR-Boyd
- Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;
- SCR1894
- ειπεν δε ο κυριος τινι ουν ομοιωσω τους ανθρωπους της γενεας ταυτης και τινι εισιν ομοιοι
Who and where
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 11:16–19To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For…
- Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
- Mark 4:30Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
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