Luke 16:30
Modern Translations
New International Version
"'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

New Living Translation
“The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.’

English Standard Version
And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

Berean Study Bible
‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

New American Standard Bible
But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’

NASB 1995
"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!'

NASB 1977
“But he said, ‘No, Father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’

Amplified Bible
He replied, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent [they will change their old way of thinking and seek God and His righteousness].’

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"No, father Abraham,' he said. But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

Contemporary English Version
Then the rich man said, "No, that's not enough! If only someone from the dead would go to them, they would listen and turn to God."

Good News Translation
The rich man answered, 'That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham! If someone comes back to them from the dead, they will turn to God and change the way they think and act.'

International Standard Version
"But the rich man replied, 'No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.'

NET Bible
Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

New King James Version
And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

King James 2000 Bible
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

New Heart English Bible
"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

World English Bible
"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

American King James Version
And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent.

American Standard Version
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

A Faithful Version
But he said, 'No, Father Abraham, but if one from the dead would go to them, they would repent. '

Darby Bible Translation
But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

English Revised Version
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he sayde, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came vnto them from the dead, they will amend their liues.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he sayde, nay father Abraham: but yf one come vnto them from the dead, they wyll repent.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But he sayde: Nay father Abraham, but yf one wente vnto them fro the deed, they wolde do pennaunce.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he sayd: naye father Abraham but yf one came vnto the from the ded they wolde repent.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.

Berean Literal Bible
And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.'

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if some one from the dead go to them, they will change the mind.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And he said, No, father Abraham, but if one should go from the dead to them, they will repent.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So he said: ‘No, father Abraham. But if someone were to go to them from the dead, they would repent.’

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But he said to him, 'No, my father Abraham, but if a man will go to them from the dead, they will be converted.' “

Lamsa Bible
But he said to him, No, my father Abraham; but if only a man from the dead go to them, they will repent.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
But he said, Not so, Father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.

Godbey New Testament
But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Haweis New Testament
But he said, Ah no, father Abraham! but if one came to them from the dead, they will repent.

Mace New Testament
no, father Abraham, said he, they will not: but if any of the dead went to them, they will certainly repent.

Weymouth New Testament
"'No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; 'but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Worrell New Testament
But he said, 'Nay, father Abraham; but, if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Worsley New Testament
and he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent.
















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