Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

New American Standard Bible

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.

King James Version

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Holman Bible

Woe to you
when all people speak well of you,
for this is the way their ancestors
used to treat the false prophets.

International Standard Version

"How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that's the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!"

A Conservative Version

Woe when men will speak well of you, for their fathers did in the same way to the FALSE prophets.

American Standard Version

Woe unto you , when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

Amplified

Woe to you when all the people speak well of you and praise you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.

An Understandable Version

It is too bad for you people when everyone speaks well about you, because the forefathers said the same thing about the false prophets.

Anderson New Testament

Alas for you, when men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Common New Testament

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Daniel Mace New Testament

wo unto you when the generality of men shall applaud you: for so did their forefathers behave to the false prophets.

Darby Translation

Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

Godbey New Testament

Woe unto you when all the people may speak well of you! because according to the same things their fathers were accustomed to do to the false prophets.

Goodspeed New Testament

"Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is the way their forefathers treated the false prophets!

John Wesley New Testament

Wo to you, when all men shall speak well of you; for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Julia Smith Translation

Woe to you when all men speak well of you! for according to these did their fathers to the false prophets.

King James 2000

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe whenever all people speak well of you, for their fathers used to do the same [things] to the false prophets.

Modern King James verseion

Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe be to you when all men praise you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Moffatt New Testament

Woe to you when all men speak well of you! that is just what their fathers did to the false prophets.

Montgomery New Testament

"Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For even so did their fathers to the false prophets.

NET Bible

"Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

New Heart English Bible

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Noyes New Testament

Woe, when all men speak well of you! for so did their fathers of the false prophets.

Sawyer New Testament

Woe, when all men speak well of you! for in this manner did their fathers of the false prophets.

The Emphasized Bible

Alas! whensoever all men shall, speak well of you, for, according to the same things, were their fathers doing unto the false prophets.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Wo unto you, when men shall speak well of you! for just so did their fathers of the false prophets.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Alas for you when all men speak well of you; for this is what their ancestors did to the false Prophets.

Webster

Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Weymouth New Testament

"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!

Williams New Testament

A curse on you when everyone speaks well of you, for this is the way their forefathers used to treat the false prophets.

World English Bible

Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Worrell New Testament

"Woe to you when all men speak well of you; for in this same manner were their fathers wont to do to the false prophets.

Worsley New Testament

Wo unto you when all men speak well of you; for their fathers did the same to the false prophets.

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Woe
οὐαί 
Ouai 
Usage: 14

ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

ὅταν 
Hotan 
when, as soon as, as long as, that, whensoever, while, till
Usage: 49

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

men
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

καλῶς 
Kalos 
Usage: 26

of you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

so
ταὐτά 
Tauta 
Usage: 1

did
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372


Usage: 0

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

Context Readings

Happiness And Sorrow

25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow. 26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets. 27 But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,



Cross References

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

Micah 2:11

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

Matthew 7:15

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

James 4:4

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

1 Kings 22:6-8

So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

1 Kings 22:13-14

Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things.

1 Kings 22:24-28

Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

John 7:7

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

Romans 16:18

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12

And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

2 Peter 2:1-3

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

2 Peter 2:18-19

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

1 John 4:5-6

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

Revelation 13:3-4

And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast.

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