Luke 19:42

Peace Grief

⁴⁰ And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

⁴¹ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

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.

⁴³ For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

⁴⁴ And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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2 Corinthians 6:1–2
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
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Luke 1:77–79
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
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Hebrews 10:26–29
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
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Isaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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Hebrews 3:15
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
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2 Corinthians 4:3–4
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
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2 Corinthians 3:14–16
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
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