KJV King James Version
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 23:31
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
WEB World English Bible
For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”
ASV American Standard Version
For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for, if in the green tree they do these things—in the dry what may happen?’
Surrounding context — Luke 23
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
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ὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatεἰG1487 · eiifἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoὑγρῷG5200 · hugrosmoist/greenξύλῳG3586 · xulonwoodταῦταG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itποιοῦσιν,G4160 · poieōto do/make: doἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoξηρῷG3584 · xērosdried up/witheredτίG5101 · tiswhich?γένηται;¶G1096 · ginomaito be
Cross-references
1 Peter 4:17-18For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.Ezekiel 20:47-48And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.Matthew 3:12Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.Ezekiel 21:3-4And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.Ezekiel 15:2-7Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?Jeremiah 25:29For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.Daniel 9:26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
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