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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.

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!"

A Conservative Version

And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, 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.

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 among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet. 40 And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out. 41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,


Cross References

Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

Psalm 96:11

Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;

Psalm 114:1-8

When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

Isaiah 55:12

For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.

Matthew 21:15-16

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

Matthew 3:9

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

Matthew 27:51-54

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;

2 Peter 2:6

And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;

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