Matthew 4:9

Simplified Cowboy Version

"I'll make a horse trade with you. I'll swap you everything you see below us if you'll take off your hat and call me boss."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”

King James Version (1611)
And saith vnto him, All these things will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship me.

King James Version
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

English Standard Version
And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

New American Standard Bible
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

New Century Version
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."

Amplified Bible
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And sayd to him, All these will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe, and worship me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

Legacy Standard Bible
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

Berean Standard Bible
"All this I will give You," he said, "if You will fall down and worship me."

Contemporary English Version
The devil said to him, "I will give all this to you, if you will bow down and worship me."

Complete Jewish Bible
and said to him, "All this I will give you if you will bow down and worship me."

Darby Translation
and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.

Easy-to-Read Version
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."

George Lamsa Translation
And he said to him, All of these I will give to you, if you will fall down and worship me.

Good News Translation
"All this I will give you," the Devil said, "if you kneel down and worship me."

Lexham English Bible
and he said to him, "I will give to you all these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

Literal Translation
And he said to Him. I will give all these things to You if falling down, You will worship me.

American Standard Version
and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Bible in Basic English
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

Hebrew Names Version
He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

International Standard Version
He said to Jesus,him">[fn] "I will give you all of these things if you will bow down and worship me!"

Etheridge Translation
and said to him, These all to thee will I give, if thou wilt fall and worship me,

Murdock Translation
and said to him: All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sayth vnto hym: All these wyll I geue thee, yf thou wylt fall downe, and worshyp me.

English Revised Version
and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

World English Bible
He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Weymouth's New Testament
and said to Him, "All this I will give you, if you will kneel down and do me homage."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide to hym, Alle these `Y schal yyue to thee, if thou falle doun and worschipe me.

Update Bible Version
and he said to him, All these things I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

Webster's Bible Translation
And saith to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

New English Translation
And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me."

New King James Version
And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."

New Living Translation
"I will give it all to you," he said, "if you will kneel down and worship me."

New Life Bible
He said to Jesus, "I will give You all these nations if You will get down at my feet and worship me."

New Revised Standard
and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and said to him, All these things, will I give thee, - if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

Revised Standard Version
and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and sayde to hym: all these will I geue ye if thou wilt faull doune and worship me.

Young's Literal Translation
and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto hym: all these wil I geue the, yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
said he, will I give you, if you will prostrate your self and worship me.

Contextual Overview

¹God led Jesus out into the dry country to be tempted by the devil. ²Jesus was famished after not eating for forty days and nights. ³That old devil rode up and said, "If you're God's Boy, you can easily turn these rocks into bread. What're you waitin' on?" ⁴Jesus said, "Man don't live on just bread, but on every word that comes out of God's mouth." ⁵The devil snatched Jesus up and took him to the holy city and they stood at the highest point of the church. ⁶"If you're God's Boy," the devil said, "bail off of here. 'Cause it's written that, 'God's angels are gonna look out for you. They won't let a scratch of harm come to you.'" ⁷Jesus answered and said, "It's also said, 'Don't be a fool and try to test God.'" ⁸The devil whisked him off again and took him to a tall mountain where they could see all of the territories. ⁹"I'll make a horse trade with you. I'll swap you everything you see below us if you'll take off your hat and call me boss." ¹⁰Jesus told him, "Get away from me, Satan! It's written that we are to 'Only bow down and call God the boss; him and him only.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

All: Matthew 26:15, John 13:3

I give: 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Proverbs 8:15, Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 27:6, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19, Daniel 5:26-28, John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11, Revelation 19:16

if: 1 Corinthians 10:20, 1 Corinthians 10:21, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Timothy 3:6, Revelation 19:10, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 22:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:1 - hath Exodus 20:5 - bow down Numbers 22:17 - I will promote Numbers 22:37 - General Psalms 95:6 - worship Daniel 3:6 - falleth Matthew 2:11 - worshipped Matthew 8:2 - worshipped Matthew 16:26 - gain Mark 6:23 - Whatsoever Revelation 4:10 - worship

Cross-References

John 8:44
No, the reason you don't understand me is because your real father is the devil. He wants to kill me and so do y'all. He was a murderer in the beginning, and his bastard children act just like him. He has always despised the truth because he couldn't handle it. He lies because it's who he is. He is the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And saith unto him, all these things will I give thee.... This is more fully and strongly expressed by the Evangelist Luke. Luke 4:6.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it--all shall be thine. In which words he sets up himself to be the God of this world, and the sovereign disposer of it: he pretends it was delivered to him by the true God, who had left it to his arbitrary disposal; and that he could invest Christ with the power and government of it, and put him in possession of all its glory, and make good and support his title to it, and interest in it. Never was such monstrous arrogance expressed as this; when this poor, proud, wretched creature, has not the disposal, at his pleasure, of anyone single thing; no not the least in the whole universe. He could not touch, neither Job's person, nor any of his substance, without divine permission; nor enter into an herd of swine without Christ's leave; and yet had the front to make an offer of the whole world, as if he had a despotic power over it; and that upon this horrid and blasphemous condition,

if thou wilt fall down and worship me. This was the highest degree of effrontery and impudence. The devil is not content to be worshipped by men, but seeks for adoration from the Son of God: this opens at once his proud, ambitious, and aspiring views, to be as God himself; for with nothing less can he be satisfied.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All these things ... - All these kingdoms. All these dominions Satan claimed a right to bestow on whom he pleased, and with considerable justice. They were excessively wicked; and with no small degree of propriety, therefore, he asserted his claim to give them away. This temptation had much plausibility. Satan regarded Jesus as the king of the Jews. As the Messiah he supposed he had come to take possession of all that country. He was poor, and unarmed, and without followers or armies. Satan proposed to put him in possession of it at once, without any difficulty, if he would acknowledge him as the proper lord and disposer of that country; if he would trust to him rather than to God.

Worship me - See the notes at Matthew 2:2. The word here seems to mean, to acknowledge Satan as having a right to give these kingdoms to him; to acknowledge his dependence on him rather than God; that is, really to render religious homage. We may be surprised at his boldness. But he had been twice foiled. He supposed it was an object dear to the heart of the Messiah to obtain these kingdoms. He claimed a right over them; and he seemed not to be asking too much, if he gave them to Jesus, that Jesus should be willing to acknowledge the gift and express gratitude for it. So plausible are Satan’s temptations, even when they are blasphemous; and so artfully does he present his allurements to the mind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 4:9. If thou wilt fall dozen and worship me — As if he had said, "The whole of this land is now under my government; do me homage for it, and I will deliver it into thy hand."