Luke 19:42

⁴⁰ “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

⁴¹ As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

⁴³ For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

⁴⁴ They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
KJV: Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
WEB: saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
ASV: saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
DARBY: saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;
BLB: saying, “If you knew in this day, even you, the things for peace! But now they were hidden from your eyes.

ÅB: Visste også du, om enn først på denne din dag, hva som tjener til din fred! Men nå er det skjult for dine øyne.
OTB: og sa: “Om du, ja du, hadde visst på denne dagen hva som ville gi deg fred—men nå er det skjult for dine øyne.
B1930: Visste også du, om enn først på denne din dag, hvad som tjener til din fred! Men nu er det skjult for dine øine.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
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2 Corinthians 6:1–2
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
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Luke 1:77–79
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
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Hebrews 10:26–29
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
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Isaiah 48:18
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
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Hebrews 3:15
As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
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2 Corinthians 4:3–4
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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2 Corinthians 3:14–16
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
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