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Myles Coverdale Bible

Luke 20:31

and the thirde toke her, likewyse all the seue, and left no children behynde the, and dyed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Resurrection;   Sadducees;   The Topic Concordance - Marriage;   Resurrection;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Sadducees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Resurrection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood of Jesus;   Immortality (2);   Israel, Israelite;   Levirate Law ;   Marriage (Ii.);   Numbers (2);   Resurrection of the Dead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.
King James Version (1611)
And the third tooke her, and in like maner the seuen also. And they left no children, and died.
King James Version
And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
English Standard Version
and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.
New American Standard Bible
and the third married her; and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
New Century Version
And the third brother married the widow, and he died. The same thing happened with all seven brothers; they died and had no children.
Amplified Bible
and the third married her, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the third married her; and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the third married her; and in the same way, all seven died, leaving no children.
Berean Standard Bible
and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
Contemporary English Version
The same thing happened to the third one. Finally, all seven brothers married that woman and died without having any children.
Complete Jewish Bible
and third took her, and likewise all seven, but they all died without leaving children.
Darby Translation
and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;
Easy-to-Read Version
And the third brother married the woman, and he died. The same thing happened with all the other brothers. They all died and had no children.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the third tooke her: and so likewise the seuen dyed, and left no children.
George Lamsa Translation
And the third one married her again; and likewise the seven of them; and they died leaving no children.
Good News Translation
and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven—they died without having children.
Lexham English Bible
and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.
Literal Translation
And the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children, and died.
American Standard Version
and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.
Bible in Basic English
And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.
Hebrew Names Version
The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
International Standard Version
and the third married her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.
Etheridge Translation
And the third also took her; and so also the seven of them: and they died and left no children.
Murdock Translation
And again, the third took her, and in like manner also all the seven; and they died, and left no children.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the thirde toke her, & in lykewise the residue of the seuen, and left no chyldren behynde them, and dyed.
English Revised Version
and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.
World English Bible
The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they died and left no children.
Weymouth's New Testament
and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften not seed, but ben deed;
Update Bible Version
and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: And they left no children, and died.
New English Translation
and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.
New King James Version
Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, [fn] and died.
New Living Translation
Then the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them, who died without children.
New Life Bible
The third brother took her for his wife. In the same way all seven took her for a wife. They all died without children.
New Revised Standard
and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the third, took her, - yea, likewise, even the seven; They left no children, and died:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the third took her. And in like manner, all the seven: and they left no children and died.
Revised Standard Version
and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the thyrde toke her and in lyke wyse the resydue of the seven and leeft no chyldren be hynde them and dyed.
Young's Literal Translation
and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven -- they left not children, and they died;
Mace New Testament (1729)
then the third took her, and so she was married to all seven, who all died without leaving any children.
Simplified Cowboy Version

Contextual Overview

27 Then came vnto him certayne of the Saduces (which holde that there is no resurreccion) and axed him, 28 and sayde: Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, yf eny mans brother dye hauynge a wife, and dyeth without childre, then shal his brother take his wife, and rayse vp sede vnto his brother. 29 Now were there seue brethre: the first toke a wife, and dyed childlesse: 30 and the seconde toke the wife, and deyed without children also: 31 and the thirde toke her, likewyse all the seue, and left no children behynde the, and dyed. 32 At the last after them all, the woman dyed also. 33 Now in the resurreccion, whose wife shal she be of them For seuen had her to wife. 34 And Iesus answered and saide vnto them: The childre of this worlde mary, & are maried, 35 but they yt shalbe worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from the deed, shal nether mary ner be maried, 36 for they can dye nomore. For they are like vnto the angels, and are the children of God, in so moch as they are children of the resurreccion.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the third took her,.... To wife, by virtue of the same law:

and in like manner the seven also; the other four, one after another, when all seven married her:

and they left no children, and died; or they died, leaving no children behind them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this explained in the Matthew 22:15-33 notes, and Mark 12:13-27 notes.


 
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