Parallel Verses
NET Bible
There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.
New American Standard Bible
There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children.
King James Version
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Holman Bible
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.
International Standard Version
There were seven brothers. The first one married and died without having children.
A Conservative Version
There were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
American Standard Version
There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;
Amplified
There were seven brothers; the first [one] took a wife, and died leaving no children.
An Understandable Version
[Now] there were [these] seven brothers; the first one got married, but when he died he left no children behind.
Anderson New Testament
Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no child;
Bible in Basic English
There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;
Common New Testament
Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no children.
Daniel Mace New Testament
now there were seven brothers: the first married a wife and died, leaving her without any children.
Darby Translation
There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;
Godbey New Testament
There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Goodspeed New Testament
There were once seven brothers. And the eldest married a wife and died, leaving no child.
John Wesley New Testament
There were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and dying, left no seed.
Julia Smith Translation
There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
King James 2000
Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no children.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife. And [when he] died, he did not leave descendants.
Modern King James verseion
And there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There were seven brethren and the first took a wife, and when he died left no seed behind him.
Moffatt New Testament
Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died leaving no offspring:
Montgomery New Testament
There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, and died leaving no family.
New Heart English Bible
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
Noyes New Testament
There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Sawyer New Testament
There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died, and left no child;
The Emphasized Bible
Seven brethren, there were: and, the first, took a wife, and, dying, left no seed, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no issue:
Twentieth Century New Testament
There were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest took a wife, but died and left no family;
Webster
Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Weymouth New Testament
There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.
Williams New Testament
There were once seven brothers. The eldest married a wife and on dying left no child,
World English Bible
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
Worrell New Testament
There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife; and, dying, left no seed.
Worsley New Testament
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died and left no seed;
Youngs Literal Translation
'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;
Themes
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Apothnesko
References
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 12:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Question About Marriage And The Resurrection
19 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us: 'If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.' 20 There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children. 21 The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.
Cross References
Matthew 22:25-28
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.
Luke 20:29-33
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.