Parallel Verses

Amplified

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

New American Standard Bible

Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

King James Version

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Holman Bible

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

International Standard Version

What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?

A Conservative Version

And which father of you, if the son will ask a loaf, will give him a stone, or also if a fish, in place of a fish will give him a serpent?

American Standard Version

And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

An Understandable Version

And what father among you, whose son asks [him] {{Some ancient manuscripts add for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone [instead]? Or, [if he asks]}} for a fish, will give him a snake [instead]?

Anderson New Testament

If a son ask bread of any one of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he, instead of a fish, give him a serpent?

Bible in Basic English

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

Common New Testament

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

Daniel Mace New Testament

what father among you would give his son a stone, when he asketh for bread? or if for a fish, instead of a fish would he give him a serpent?

Darby Translation

But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and the father shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?

Godbey New Testament

And which father of you shall if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? or indeed a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent?

Goodspeed New Testament

Which of you fathers, if his son asks him for a fish will give him a snake instead?

John Wesley New Testament

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?

Julia Smith Translation

And shall a son ask bread of any of you a father, will he give him a stone ? and if a fish, for a fish he will not give him a serpent.

King James 2000

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Lexham Expanded Bible

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Modern King James verseion

For what father of you, if the son asks for bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake for a fish?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If the son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father: will he give him a stone? Or if he ask fish, will he for a fish, give him a serpent?

Moffatt New Testament

What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?

Montgomery New Testament

"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?

NET Bible

What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

New Heart English Bible

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Noyes New Testament

And what father is there, among you, who, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone? or if he ask for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

Sawyer New Testament

And what father is there of you, who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? or if he asks also for a fish, will for a fish give him a serpent?

The Emphasized Bible

But which is the father, from among yourselves, whom the son will ask for, a fish, who, instead of a fish, will give him, a serpent?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For what father of you, if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone? or if a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Twentieth Century New Testament

What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,

Webster

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he shall ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Weymouth New Testament

And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?

Williams New Testament

Now is there a father among you who, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

World English Bible

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Worrell New Testament

And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask bread, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he, instead of a fish, give him a serpent?

Worsley New Testament

If a son ask bread of any father among you, will he give him a stone? and if he ask for a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent? or if he ask for an egg,

Youngs Literal Translation

And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

a son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

αἰτέω 
Aiteo 
Usage: 43

ἄρτος 
Artos 
Usage: 61

of any
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

of you
ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

that is a father
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

will he give
ἐπιδίδωμι 
Epididomi 
Usage: 5

him



Usage: 0
Usage: 0

a stone
λίθος 
Lithos 
Usage: 41

or

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

he ask a fish
ἰχθύς 
Ichthus 
Usage: 16

will he
ἐπιδίδωμι 
Epididomi 
Usage: 5

for
ἀντί 
Anti 
for, because 9, for ... cause, therefore 9, in the room of
Usage: 14

a fish
ἰχθύς 
Ichthus 
Usage: 16

ἐπιδίδωμι 
Epididomi 
Usage: 5

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Luke 11:11

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Ask, Seek, Knock

10 For everyone who keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Cross References

Isaiah 49:15


[The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

Matthew 7:9

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone?

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