Luke 7:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
Luke 7:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 7:31 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 7:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?”
Luke 7:31 — World English Bible
Luke 7:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? ”
Luke 7:31 — American Standard Version
Luke 7:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?”
Luke 7:31 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 7:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like? ”
Luke 7:31 — Darby Translation
Luke 7:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Lord saide, Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation? and what thing are they like vnto?”
Luke 7:31 — Geneva Bible
Luke 7:31 in Context — Luke 7
29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
What Does Luke 7:31 Mean?
Luke 7:31 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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