Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.

New American Standard Bible

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”

King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Holman Bible

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

International Standard Version

He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"

American Standard Version

And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Amplified

Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!”

An Understandable Version

But He answered them, "I tell you, if these people remain quiet [about me], [then] the stones will shout [about it]."

Anderson New Testament

And he answered, and said to them: I say to you, that if these had been silent, the stones would have cried out.

Bible in Basic English

And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

Common New Testament

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

Daniel Mace New Testament

but he answer'd them, if they should be silent, the stones would exclaim.

Darby Translation

And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

Godbey New Testament

and He responding said to them, I say unto you, that if these may keep silent, the rocks will cry out.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he answered, "I tell you, if they keep silence, the stones will cry out!"

John Wesley New Testament

And he answering said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Julia Smith Translation

And having answered, he said to them, I say to you that if these should be silent, the stones shall cry out.

King James 2000

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

Modern King James verseion

And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He answered, and said unto them, "I tell you, if these should hold their peace, the stones would cry."

Moffatt New Testament

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

Montgomery New Testament

"I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

NET Bible

He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"

New Heart English Bible

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Noyes New Testament

And he answering said, I tell you, that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.

Sawyer New Testament

And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent the stones would cry out.

The Emphasized Bible

And he answered and said - I tell you - If, these, shall hold their peace, the stones, will cry out.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he replying said to them. I tell you that, should these be silent, the very stones would cry out.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But Jesus answered: "I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out."

Webster

And he answered and said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Weymouth New Testament

"I tell you," He replied, "that if *they* became silent, the very stones would cry out."

Williams New Testament

But He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

World English Bible

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Worrell New Testament

And, answering, He said, "I tell you that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!"

Worsley New Testament

And He answered them, I tell you, that if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

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

ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

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


Usage: 0

I tell
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

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

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

σιωπάω 
Siopao 
Usage: 8

the stones
λίθος 
Lithos 
Usage: 41

References

Watsons

Context Readings

The Triumphal Entry

39 And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out. 41 And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it,

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Psalm 96:11

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.

Psalm 98:7-9

Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell in it.

Psalm 114:1-8

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Isaiah 55:12

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

Matthew 21:15-16

But when the chief priests and the scholars saw the wonderful things that he did, and the boys crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant,

Matthew 3:9

And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.

Matthew 27:51-54

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks split,

2 Peter 2:6

and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,

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