Luke 12:58 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.”
Luke 12:58 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 12:58 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 12:58 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.”
Luke 12:58 — World English Bible
Luke 12:58 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison. ”
Luke 12:58 — American Standard Version
Luke 12:58 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;”
Luke 12:58 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 12:58 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. ”
Luke 12:58 — Darby Translation
Luke 12:58 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“While thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler, as thou art in the way, giue diligence in the way, that thou mayest be deliuered from him, least he drawe thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the iayler, and the iayler cast thee into prison.”
Luke 12:58 — Geneva Bible
Luke 12:58 in Context — Luke 12
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
What Does Luke 12:58 Mean?
Luke 12:58 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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