Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And he, having answered, said, I will not; but afterward, having felt regret, he departed.

New American Standard Bible

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.

King James Version

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

Holman Bible

“He answered, ‘I don’t want to!’ Yet later he changed his mind and went.

International Standard Version

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

A Conservative Version

And having answered, he said, I do not want to, but having repented later, he went.

American Standard Version

And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

Amplified

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and changed his mind and went.

An Understandable Version

The son answered, 'No, I will not,' but later changed his mind and went.

Anderson New Testament

He answered and said, I will not. But he afterward regretted it, and went.

Bible in Basic English

And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

Common New Testament

He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.

Daniel Mace New Testament

I won't, said he: but afterward be chang'd his mind, and went.

Darby Translation

And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went.

Godbey New Testament

And he responding said, I am not willing: but afterward, having regretted, he went.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

John Wesley New Testament

He answering said, I will not; but afterward repenting, he went.

King James 2000

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he answered [and] said, 'I do not want to!' But later [he] changed his mind [and] went.

Modern King James verseion

He answered and said, I will not. But afterwards he repented and went.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He answered and said, 'I will not.' But afterward, repented and went.

Moffatt New Testament

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

Montgomery New Testament

"'I will go, sir,' he answered; yet he did not go.

NET Bible

The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went.

New Heart English Bible

He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

Noyes New Testament

And he answered and said, I will not. Afterward he repented, and went.

Sawyer New Testament

But he answered and said, I will not; but afterwards he repented, and went.

The Emphasized Bible

And, he, answering, said, I, sir! and went not;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But he answering said, I will not: yet repenting afterwards, he went.

Twentieth Century New Testament

'Yes, sir,' he answered; but he did not go.

Webster

He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went.

Weymouth New Testament

"'I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went.

Williams New Testament

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

World English Bible

He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

Worrell New Testament

And he, answering, said, 'I go, sir,' and he went not.

Worsley New Testament

and he answered I will not; but afterwards repenting, he went.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he answering said, 'I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

and said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

I will
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ὕστερον 
Husteron 
afterward, last, at the last, last of all
Usage: 7

μεταμέλλομαι 
metamellomai 
Usage: 4

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Two Sons

28 But what seems to you A man had two children; and having come to the first, he said, Child, retire to-day, work in my vineyard. 29 And he, having answered, said, I will not; but afterward, having felt regret, he departed. 30 And having come to the second, he said likewise. And he, having answered, said, I, Lord: and he departed not.


Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:10-19

And Jehovah will speak to Manasseh, and to his people, and they attended not

Isaiah 1:16-19

Wash ye, cleanse yourselves: turn away evil from your doings from before mine eyes; leave off the evil;

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek ye Jehovah in his being found, and call him in his being near.

Jeremiah 44:16

The word which thou spakest to us in the name of Jehovah, we hear not to thee

Ezekiel 18:28-32

And he will see and turn back from all his transgressions which he did, living, he shall live; he shall not die.

Daniel 4:34-37

And at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes to the heavens, and my knowledge will turn back to me, and I praised to the Most High, and to him living forever, I praised and honored, whose dominion an eternal dominion, and his kingdom with generation and generation.

Jonah 3:2

Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and call to it the calling which I speak to thee.

Jonah 3:8-10

And man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry with strength to Jehovah: and they shall turn back each from his evil way, and the violence which is in their hands.

Matthew 3:2-8

And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Luke 15:17-18

And having come to himself, he said, Many hired of my father abound in loaves, and I am perishing with hunger!

Acts 26:20

But to them in Damascus first, and Jerusalem, and all the country of Judea, and to the nations, announcing to change the mind, and to turn back to God, doing works worthy of change of mind.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And these were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were consecrated, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 2:1-13

And ye being dead in faults and in sins;

Ephesians 4:17-19

Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind,

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