Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"
New American Standard Bible
But Jesus answered,
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,
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,
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."
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
Houtos
References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 19:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Triumphal Entry
39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." 40 He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!" 41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
Phrases
Cross References
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
Psalm 96:11
Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!
Psalm 98:7-9
Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!
Psalm 114:1-8
When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,
Isaiah 55:12
Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.
Matthew 21:15-16
But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant
Matthew 3:9
and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Matthew 27:45
Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
Matthew 27:51-54
Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.
2 Peter 2:6
and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,