30Then " 'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" '


In Context

27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.

28 Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.

29 For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

30 Then " 'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" '

31 For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.

Luke 23:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us; and to the hills: Cover us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.