Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
A Conservative Version
For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation.
American Standard Version
For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For just like Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh [Note: Nineveh was the capital of ancient Assyria], so the Son of man will also be [a sign] to this generation of people.
Anderson New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation.
Bible in Basic English
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for as the case of Jonas was a miraculous instance to the Ninevites, so shall the son of man be to this generation.
Darby Translation
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Godbey New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be a sign to this generation.
Goodspeed New Testament
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.
John Wesley New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Julia Smith Translation
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall be the Son of man to this generation.
King James 2000
For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.
Modern King James verseion
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the son of man be to this nation.
Moffatt New Testament
for as Jonah was a Sign to the Ninivites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
Montgomery New Testament
"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
NET Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
New Heart English Bible
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
Noyes New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of man be to this generation.
Sawyer New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.
The Emphasized Bible
For, according as, Jonah, became, unto the Ninevites, a sign, so, shall be, the Son of Man also, unto this generation.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
Webster
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.
Weymouth New Testament
For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.
Williams New Testament
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.
World English Bible
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
Worrell New Testament
For, as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
Worsley New Testament
for as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Youngs Literal Translation
for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
Interlinear
Ginomai
Esomai
Esomai
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 11:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sign Of Jonah
29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation. 31 The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Cross References
Matthew 12:40-42
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 24:46-47
And he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,