Luke 20:18

Christian Standard Bible ®

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”

Parallel Translations

King James Version (1611)
Whosoeuer shall fall vpon that stone, shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to powder.

King James Version
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

English Standard Version
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."

New American Standard Bible
"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him."

New Century Version
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken, and the person on whom it falls, that person will be crushed!"

Amplified Bible
"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

Legacy Standard Bible
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

Berean Standard Bible
Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who stumbles over this stone will get hurt, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces."

Complete Jewish Bible
Whoever falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but if it falls on him, he will be crushed to powder!"

Darby Translation
Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken. If that stone falls on you, it will crush you!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Whosoeuer shall fall vpon that stone, shall be broken: and on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to pouder.

George Lamsa Translation
Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; and on whomever it falls it will scatter him.

Good News Translation
Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust."

Lexham English Bible
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls—it will crush him!"

Literal Translation
Everyone falling on that Stone will be broken in pieces but on whomever It falls, It will crush him.

American Standard Version
Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

Bible in Basic English
Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

Hebrew Names Version
"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, But it will crush whoever it falls on to dust."

International Standard Version
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls."Daniel 2:34-35; Matthew 21:44;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And every one who shall fall upon this stone shall be broken; and every one on whom it shall fall it will scatter him.

Murdock Translation
And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be broken; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him in pieces.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whosoeuer doth stumble vppon that stone, shalbe broken: but on whosoeuer it falleth, it wyll grinde hym to powder.

English Revised Version
Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

World English Bible
"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whoever it falls on to dust."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whosoever shall fall on that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Weymouth's New Testament
Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ech that schal falle on that stoon, schal be to-brisid, but on whom it schal falle, it schal al to-breke him.

Update Bible Version
Every one that falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

New English Translation
Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed."

New King James Version
Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

New Living Translation
Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on."

New Life Bible
Whoever falls on this Stone will be broken. And on the one it falls, it will make him like dust."

New Revised Standard
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Every one who falleth on that stone, will be sorely bruised, but, on whomsoever it shall fall, it will utterly destroy him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be bruised: and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Revised Standard Version
Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one it will crush him."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
whosoever stomble at that stone shalbe broken: but on whosoever it faul vpon it wyll grynde him to powder.

Young's Literal Translation
every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so euer falleth vpon this stone, shalbe broken in sunder: but vpo who so euer he falleth, he shall grynde him to poulder.

Mace New Testament (1729)
whoever falls upon that stone shall be bruised, but on whom it falls, it will crush him to pieces.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Everyone who does not recognize the bull will be trampled by it. It will crush those who oppose it."

Contextual Overview

⁹Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, ¹⁰At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹He sent yet another servant, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out. ¹³“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved ¹⁴“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.’ ¹⁵So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. ¹⁶He will come and kill ¹⁷But he looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture: ¹⁸Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall fall: This is an allusion to the Jewish mode of stoning. "The place of stoning was twice as high as a man. From the top of this one of the witnesses struck the culprit on the loins, and felled him to the ground: if he died of this, well; if not, the other witness threw a stone upon his heart," etc. Our Lord seems to refer not only to the dreadful crushing of the Jews by the Romans, but also to their general dispersion to the present day. Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 8:15, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 2:45, Zechariah 12:3, Matthew 21:34, 1 Thessalonians 2:16

Reciprocal: Psalms 45:5 - sharp Isaiah 28:16 - Behold Matthew 21:42 - The stone Matthew 21:44 - whosoever Mark 12:10 - The stone Ephesians 2:20 - Jesus 1 Peter 2:4 - disallowed

Cross-References

Genesis 12:17
But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

Genesis 20:7
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

Genesis 30:2
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld offspring from you?”

1 Samuel 1:6
Her rival would taunt her severely just to provoke her, because the Lord had kept Hannah from conceiving.

1 Samuel 5:10
The people of Gath then sent the ark of God to Ekron, but when it got there, the Ekronites cried out, “They’ve moved the ark of Israel’s God to us to kill us and our people!”

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whosoever shall fall on that stone, shall be broken,.... Not who shall fall upon Christ by faith, and build upon him as the foundation stone, for such shall be saved; but that stumble at him, and are offended with him, and fall by unbelief and hardness of heart; such do themselves much hurt and mischief and expose themselves to danger and ruin; they bid very fair for destruction:

but on whomsoever it shall fall; as it did with its full weight upon the Jews at their destruction, and as it will upon all Christless sinners at the last day:

it will grind him to powder; the ruin of such will be unavoidable, and there will be no recovery;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 20:18. Grind him to powder. — Matthew 21:44; Matthew 21:44.