47'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.


In Context

44 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'

45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, 'Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'

46 and he said, 'And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.

47 'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

49 because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

Luke 11:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:47"Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.