KJV King James Version
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 5:37
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
WEB World English Bible
No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
ASV American Standard Version
And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;
Surrounding context — Luke 5
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was [taken] out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old [wine] straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandοὐδεὶςG3762 · oudeisnoneβάλλειG906 · ballōto throw: throwοἶνονG3631 · oinoswineνέονG3501 · neosnewεἰςG1519 · eistowardἀσκοὺςG779 · askoswineskinπαλαιούς·G3820 · palaiosoldεἰG1487 · eiifδὲG1161 · dethenγε,G1065 · geindeedῥήξειG4486 · rhēgnumito throw violentlyὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἶνοςG3631 · oinoswineὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoνέοςG3501 · neosnewτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀσκοὺςG779 · askoswineskinκαὶG2532 · kaiandαὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heἐκχυθήσεται,G1632 · ekcheōto pour outκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀσκοὶG779 · askoswineskinἀπολοῦνται·G622 · apolluōto destroy
Cross-references
Psalm 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.Joshua 9:13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, [were] new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.Joshua 9:4They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
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