Luke 3:10

Douay-Rheims Bible

And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“What then should we do?” the crowds were asking him.

King James Version (1611)
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?

King James Version
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

English Standard Version
And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?"

New American Standard Bible
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what are we to do?"

New Century Version
The people asked John, "Then what should we do?"

Amplified Bible
The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what shall we do?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what should we do?"

Berean Standard Bible
The crowds asked him, "What then should we do?"

Contemporary English Version
The crowds asked John, "What should we do?"

Complete Jewish Bible
The crowds asked Yochanan, "So then, what should we do?"

Darby Translation
And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?

Easy-to-Read Version
The people asked John, "What should we do?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?

George Lamsa Translation
And the people asked him saying, What then shall we do?

Good News Translation
The people asked him, "What are we to do, then?"

Lexham English Bible
And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What then should we do?"

Literal Translation
And the crowd asked him, saying, What then shall we do?

American Standard Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

Bible in Basic English
And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

Hebrew Names Version
The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"

International Standard Version
The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"Acts 2:37;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the assemblies inquired of him, saying, What then shall we do ?

Murdock Translation
And the multitudes asked him, and said: What, then, shall we do?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people asked hym, saying: What shall we do then?

English Revised Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

World English Bible
The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the multitude asked him, saying, What then shall we do? He answering saith to them,

Weymouth's New Testament
The crowds repeatedly asked him, "What then are we to do?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the puple axide hym, and seiden, What thanne schulen we do?

Update Bible Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

New English Translation
So the crowds were asking him, "What then should we do?"

New King James Version
So the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then?"

New Living Translation
The crowds asked, "What should we do?"

New Life Bible
The people asked him, "Then what should we do?"

New Revised Standard
And the crowds asked him, "What then should we do?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the multitude began to question him saying - What, then, shall we do?

Revised Standard Version
And the multitudes asked him, "What then shall we do?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the people axed him sayinge: What shall we do then?

Young's Literal Translation
And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the people axed him, and sayde: What shal we do then?

Mace New Testament (1729)
Upon which the people asked him, what then shall we do?

THE MESSAGE
The crowd asked him, "Then what are we supposed to do?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
John was sure enough givin' 'em the what for and they shouted, "Then what should we do?"

Contextual Overview

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina: ² Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. ³ And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins. ⁴ As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain. ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. ⁷ He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance: and do not begin to say, We have Abraham for our father. For I say unto you that God is able of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Luke 3:8, Acts 2:37, Acts 9:6, Acts 16:30

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:8 - forth 1 Corinthians 7:20 - abide Ephesians 4:28 - steal no more

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:18
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Exodus 3:6
And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies)

Job 23:15
And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

Psalms 119:120
(118-120) Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Isaiah 47:3
Thy nakedness shall be discovered, and thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people asked him,.... Not the same as in Luke 3:7 the Sadducees and Pharisees, for they seemed not to be at all affected with, and wrought upon, by the ministry of John; but rather were displeased with him, and turned their backs on him, and rejected him and his baptism; but the common people, that stood by; who hearing John speak of wrath to come, and of repentance, and fruits worthy of it, were filled with concern about these things, and inquire,

saying, what shall we do? either to escape the wrath and vengeance coming on the nation, and also eternal ruin and destruction; and Beza says, that in two of his copies, and one of them his most ancient one it is added, "to be saved", and so in two of Stephens's; which confirms the above sense, and makes their inquiry to be the same with the jailor's, Acts 16:30 or else their meaning is, what are the things we are to do, or the fruits we are to bring forth, the duties we are to perform, in order to testify the truth and genuineness of our repentance? which latter seems most agreeable.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we do, then? - John had told them to bring forth fruits appropriate to repentance, or to lead a life which showed that their repentance was genuine. They very properly, therefore, asked how it should be done, or what “would be” such a life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 3:10. What shall we do then? — The preaching of the Baptist had been accompanied with an uncommon effusion of that Spirit which convinces of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The people who heard him now earnestly begin to inquire what they must do to be saved? They are conscious that they are exposed to the judgments of the Lord, and they wish to escape from the coming wrath.