Luke 6:25
23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- KJV
- Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- WEB
- Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- ASV
- Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe [unto you], ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- DARBY
- Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
- BLB
- Woe to you⁺ who have been filled now, because you⁺ will hunger. Woe [to] those laughing now, because you⁺ will mourn and weep.
- ÅB
- Ve dere, dere som nå er mette! for dere skal hungre. Ve dere, dere som nå ler! for dere skal sørge og gråte.
- OTB
- Ve dere som er mette nå,
for dere skal sulte.
Ve dere som ler nå,
for dere skal sørge og gråte. - B1930
- Ve eder, I som nu er mette! for I skal hungre. Ve eder, I som nu ler! for I skal sørge og gråte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Read in contextJames 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Read in contextProverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
Read in contextLuke 16:14–15
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
Read in contextRevelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Read in contextAmos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Read in contextJob 20:5–7
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Read in contextLuke 8:53
And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
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