52Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep."


In Context

49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. "Your daughter is dead," he said. "Don't bother the teacher any more."

50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."

51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother.

52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep."

53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

54 But he took her by the hand and said, "My child, get up!"

Luke 8:52 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:52And all wept and mourned for her. But he said: Weep not; the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:52And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:52And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:52And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:52And all wept and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not: she is not dead, but sleepeth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:52All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, |Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:52and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.