Luke 6:25
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which 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 thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Read in contextJames 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Read in contextProverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Read in contextLuke 16:14–15
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Read in contextRevelation 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Read in contextAmos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Read in contextJob 20:5–7
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Read in contextLuke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
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