Luke 9:58 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”
Luke 9:58 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 9:58 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 9:58 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.””
Luke 9:58 — World English Bible
Luke 9:58 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. ”
Luke 9:58 — American Standard Version
Luke 9:58 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'”
Luke 9:58 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 9:58 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. ”
Luke 9:58 — Darby Translation
Luke 9:58 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Iesus saide vnto him, The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the heauen nestes, but the Sonne of man hath not whereon to lay his head.”
Luke 9:58 — Geneva Bible
Luke 9:58 in Context — Luke 9
56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
What Does Luke 9:58 Mean?
Luke 9:58 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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