Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

King James Version

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Holman Bible

Woe to you who are now full,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who are now laughing,
for you will mourn and weep.

International Standard Version

How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!

A Conservative Version

Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.

American Standard Version

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you , ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Amplified

Woe to you who are well-fed (gorged, satiated) now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now [enjoying a life of self-indulgence], for you will mourn and weep [and deeply long for God].

An Understandable Version

It is too bad for you people who have plenty to eat now, because you will be hungry [later on]. It is too bad for you people who are laughing now, because you will grieve and cry [later on].

Anderson New Testament

Alas for you that are full! for you shall be hungry. Alas for you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

Bible in Basic English

Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

Common New Testament

Woe to you who are full now, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Daniel Mace New Testament

wo unto you that are full: for you shall be in want. wo unto you that indulge in present pleasure: for mourning and sorrow shall attend you.

Darby Translation

Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

Godbey New Testament

Woe unto you who are full! because you shall hunger. Woe unto you who are now laughing because you shall weep and mourn.

Goodspeed New Testament

"Alas for you who have plenty to eat now, for you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep!

John Wesley New Testament

Wo to you that are full; for ye shall hunger: wo to you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep.

Julia Smith Translation

Woe to you having been filled for ye shall hunger. Woe to you laughing now! for ye shall grieve and weep.

King James 2000

Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.

Modern King James verseion

Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.

Moffatt New Testament

Woe to you who have your fill to-day! you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh to-day! you will wail and weep.

Montgomery New Testament

"Woe unto you who are full now! For you shall suffer hunger. "Woe to you who are laughing now! For you shall wail and weep.

NET Bible

"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

New Heart English Bible

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Noyes New Testament

Woe to you that are full now! for ye will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye will mourn and weep.

Sawyer New Testament

Woe to you full! for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

The Emphasized Bible

Alas! for you, ye who are filled full now, for ye shall hunger. Alas! ye that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Wo unto you who are full! for ye shall hunger. Wo unto you who laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Webster

Woe to you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Weymouth New Testament

"Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!

Williams New Testament

A curse on you who live in luxury now, for you will be hungry. A curse on you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

World English Bible

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Worrell New Testament

"Woe to you who are filled now; because ye shall hunger! "Woe to you who are laughing now; because ye shall mourn and weep!

Worsley New Testament

Wo unto you that are full; for ye shall be hungry. Wo unto you that laugh now: for ye shall mourn and weep.

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Woe to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Woe
οὐαί 
Ouai 
οὐαί 
Ouai 
Usage: 14
Usage: 14

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

ἐμπίπλημι ἐμπλήθω 
Empiplemi 
fill, be full
Usage: 4

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764
Usage: 764

πεινάω 
Peinao 
hunger, be an hungred, be hungry, hungry
Usage: 12

γελάω 
Gelao 
Usage: 0

now
νῦν 
Nun 
Usage: 102

πενθέω 
Pentheo 
Usage: 7

and

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

Context Readings

Happiness And Sorrow

24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26 "Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

James 4:9

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Deuteronomy 6:11-12

and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant--and when you eat and are full,

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

Job 20:5-7

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 21:11-13

They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.

Psalm 22:6-7

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

Psalm 49:19

his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?"

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.

Isaiah 8:21

They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

Isaiah 9:20

They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry, and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own arm,

Isaiah 21:3-4

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

Isaiah 24:7-12

The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.

Isaiah 28:7

These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.

Daniel 5:4-6

They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

Nahum 1:10

For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.

Matthew 22:11-13

"But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.

Luke 8:53

And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

Luke 13:28

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out.

Luke 16:14-15

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

Ephesians 5:4

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Philippians 4:12-13

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

Revelation 18:7-11

As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'

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