Luke 20:29

New Living Translation

Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

King James Version (1611)
There were therefore seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and died without children.

King James Version
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

English Standard Version
Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.

New American Standard Bible
"So then, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;

New Century Version
Once there were seven brothers. The first brother married and died, but had no children.

Amplified Bible
"Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;

Legacy Standard Bible
Now there were seven brothers; and the first married a wife and died childless,

Berean Standard Bible
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

Contemporary English Version
There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died childless,

Darby Translation
There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

Easy-to-Read Version
One time there were seven brothers. The first brother married a woman but died. He had no children.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.

George Lamsa Translation
Now there were seven brothers; the first married and died without children.

Good News Translation
Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children.

Lexham English Bible
Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and died childless,

Literal Translation
Then there were seven brothers. And having taken a wife, the first died childless.

American Standard Version
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

Bible in Basic English
Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

Hebrew Names Version
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

International Standard Version
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died childless.

Etheridge Translation
But there were seven brethren; and the first took; a wife, and died without children.

Murdock Translation
Now, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren.

English Revised Version
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

World English Bible
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now there were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Weymouth's New Testament
Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so there weren seuene britheren. The firste took a wijf, and is deed with outen eiris;

Update Bible Version
There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

Webster's Bible Translation
There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

New English Translation
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

New King James Version
Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children.

New Life Bible
There were seven brothers. The first had a wife but died without children.

New Revised Standard
Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Seven brethren, therefore, there were, - and, the first, taking a wife, died childless,

Douay-Rheims Bible
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children.

Revised Standard Version
Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and died without children;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ther were seven brethren and the fyrste toke a wyfe and dyed with out children.

Young's Literal Translation
`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now were there seue brethre: the first toke a wife, and dyed childlesse:

Mace New Testament (1729)
now there were seven brothers, the first of which marry'd, and died without children.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Suppose this happens every time, and the woman goes through seven brothers, all of them dying before she has a child.

Contextual Overview

²⁷ Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. ²⁸ They posed this question: "Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother's name. ²⁹ Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children. ³⁰ So the second brother married the widow, but he also died. ³¹ Then the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them, who died without children. ³² Finally, the woman also died. ³³ So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her!" ³⁴ Jesus replied, "Marriage is for people here on earth. ³⁵ But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. ³⁶ And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and died: Leviticus 20:20, Jeremiah 22:30

Reciprocal: Matthew 22:25 - General Mark 12:20 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There were therefore seven brethren,.... In the place where these Sadducees dwelt; or, however, that were known by them; at least they supposed such a case, and it might be fact:

and the first took a wife, and died without children; son or daughter, and so had none to keep up his name, and to possess his inheritance.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. There were therefore seven brethren — See Clarke on Matthew 22:23-33.