KJV King James Version
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find [it]?
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Luke 15:8
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find [it]?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
WEB World English Bible
Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
ASV American Standard Version
Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
Surrounding context — Luke 15
5 And when he hath found [it], he layeth [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together [his] friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find [it]?
9 And when she hath found [it], she calleth [her] friends and [her] neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἪG2228 · ēorτίςG5101 · tiswhich?γυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanδραχμὰςG1406 · drachmēdrachmaἔχουσαG2192 · echōto have/beδέκα,G1176 · dekatenἐὰνG1437 · eanifἀπολέσῃG622 · apolluōto destroyδραχμὴνG1406 · drachmēdrachmaμίαν,G1520 · ehisoneοὐχὶG3780 · ouchinot!ἅπτειG681 · haptōto touchλύχνονG3088 · luchnoslampκαὶG2532 · kaiandσαροῖG4563 · saroōto sweepτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἰκίανG3614 · oikiahomeκαὶG2532 · kaiandζητεῖG2212 · zēteōto seekἐπιμελῶςG1960 · epimelōscarefullyἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilοὗG3739 · hos, hēwhichεὕρῃ;G2147 · ehuriskōto find/meet
Cross-references
Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.Luke 19:10For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.John 11:52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.Ephesians 2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
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