Ask, Seek, Knock
Matthew 7:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- KJV
- Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
- WEB
- Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
- ASV
- Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;
- LSV
- Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask [for] a loaf—a stone will he present to him?
- YLT
- 'Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf — a stone will he present to him?
- DBY
- Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
- DRC
- Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
- GNV
- For what man is there among you, which if his sonne aske him bread, woulde giue him a stone?
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐστιν (“is”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- 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 read αἰτήσει (“he will ask for”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αἰτήσῃ (“you shall ask”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἐστιν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐστιν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: αἰτήσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αἰτήσει; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἢ τίς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπος, ὃν αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἄρτον— μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
- RP2018
- Ἢ τίς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπος, ὃν ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἄρτον, μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἢ τίς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπος, ὃν ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἄρτον, μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
- SCR1894
- η τις εστιν εξ υμων ανθρωπος ον εαν αιτηση ο υιος αυτου αρτον μη λιθον επιδωσει αυτω
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- Luke 11:11–13What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more…
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