KJV King James Version
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 11:44
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
WEB World English Bible
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
ASV American Standard Version
Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.’
Surrounding context — Luke 11
41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐαὶG3759 · ouaiwoe!ὑμῖνG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐστὲG1510 · eimito beὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoμνημεῖαG3419 · mnēmeiongraveτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄδηλα,G82 · adēlosunclearκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνθρωποιG444 · anthrōposa humanοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπεριπατοῦντεςG4043 · peripateōto walkἐπάνωG1883 · epanōaboveοὐκG3756 · ounoοἴδασιν.¶G6063 · oidato know
Cross-references
Matthew 23:27-28Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness.Psalm 5:9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.Numbers 19:16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.Acts 23:3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?Hosea 9:8The watchman of Ephraim [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.
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