28for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.


In Context

25 And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive — thou — thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

26 and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

27 'And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

28 for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

29 'Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

30 and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

Luke 16:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:28For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.