Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
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.
NET Bible
There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.
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
Usage: 0
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 to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.' 20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. 21 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
Cross References
Matthew 22:25-28
Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
Luke 20:29-33
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.