Luke 6:49 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. ”
Luke 6:49 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 6:49 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 6:49 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But he who hears and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.””
Luke 6:49 — World English Bible
Luke 6:49 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great. ”
Luke 6:49 — American Standard Version
Luke 6:49 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'”
Luke 6:49 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 6:49 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without [a] foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great. ”
Luke 6:49 — Darby Translation
Luke 6:49 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But hee that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built an house vpon the earth without foundation, against which the flood did beate, and it fell by and by: and the fall of that house was great. ”
Luke 6:49 — Geneva Bible
Luke 6:49 in Context — Luke 6
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
What Does Luke 6:49 Mean?
Luke 6:49 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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