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Young's Literal Translation

Luke 7:13

And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Burial;   Children;   Dead (People);   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Widow;   Scofield Reference Index - Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blindness-Vision;   Christ;   Comfort;   Comfort-Misery;   Compassion;   Promises, Divine;   Sympathy-Pitilessness;   Vision;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;   Burial;   Compassion and Sympathy of Christ, the;   Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nain;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Funeral;   Love;   Luke, gospel of;   Mercy;   Miracles;   Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Funeral;   Miracle;   Thankfulness, Thanksgiving;   Widow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Nain;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Diseases;   Healing, Divine;   Luke, Gospel of;   Mercy, Merciful;   Nain;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Incarnation;   John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children;   Comfort (2);   Cures;   Dead, the ;   Dominion (2);   Gentleness (2);   Lazarus;   Lord (2);   Names and Titles of Christ;   Pity;   Pity Compassion;   Popularity ;   Sorrow, Man of Sorrows;   Struggles of Soul;   Tears;   Widow ;   Womanliness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gospels, the Synoptic;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said, “Don’t weep.”
King James Version (1611)
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and saide vnto her, Weepe not.
King James Version
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
English Standard Version
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."
New American Standard Bible
When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, "Do not go on weeping."
New Century Version
When the Lord saw her, he felt very sorry for her and said, "Don't cry."
Amplified Bible
When the Lord saw her, He felt [great] compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
Legacy Standard Bible
And when the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, "Do not cry."
Berean Standard Bible
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, "Do not weep."
Contemporary English Version
When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, "Don't cry!"
Complete Jewish Bible
When the Lord saw her, he felt compassion for her and said to her, "Don't cry."
Darby Translation
And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;
Easy-to-Read Version
When the Lord saw the woman, he felt very sorry for her and said, "Don't cry."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the Lord sawe her, he had compassion on her, and said vnto her, Weepe not.
George Lamsa Translation
When Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.
Good News Translation
When the Lord saw her, his heart was filled with pity for her, and he said to her, "Don't cry."
Lexham English Bible
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep!"
Literal Translation
And seeing her, the Lord felt pity over her and said to her, Stop weeping.
American Standard Version
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Bible in Basic English
And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
Hebrew Names Version
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
International Standard Version
When the Lord saw her, he felt compassion for her. He said to her, "You can stop crying."
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu beheld her, and had compassion upon her, and said to her, Weep not.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus looked upon her, and had compassion on her; and he said to her, Weep not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the Lorde sawe her, he had compassion on her, and sayde vnto her: Weepe not.
English Revised Version
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
World English Bible
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the Lord seeing her, was moved with tender compassion for her, and said, Weep not.
Weymouth's New Testament
The Lord saw her, was moved with pity for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the Lord Jhesu hadde seyn hir, he hadde reuthe on hir, and seide to hir, Nyle thou wepe.
Update Bible Version
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Do not weep.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.
New English Translation
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep."
New King James Version
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."
New Living Translation
When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. "Don't cry!" he said.
New Life Bible
When the Lord saw her, He had loving-pity for her and said, "Do not cry."
New Revised Standard
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, beholding her, the Lord, was moved with compassion over her, and said to her - Be not weeping!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.
Revised Standard Version
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when ye lorde sawe her he had compassion on her and sayde vnto her: wepe not.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the LORDE sawe her, he had copassion on her, and sayde vnto her: Wepe not.
Mace New Testament (1729)
when the Lord saw her, he was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, don't weep.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When Jesus saw her, he felt real sorry for so he said, "Don't cry ma'am."

Contextual Overview

11 And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude, 12 and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her. 13 And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;' 14 and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing [it] stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;' 15 and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother; 16 and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- `A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- `God did look upon His people.' 17 And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around. 18 And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Judges 10:16, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 103:13, Isaiah 63:9, Jeremiah 31:20, Lamentations 3:32, Lamentations 3:33, Mark 8:2, John 11:33-35, Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 4:15

Weep not: Luke 8:52, Jeremiah 31:15, Jeremiah 31:16, John 20:13, John 20:15, 1 Corinthians 7:30, 1 Thessalonians 4:13

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 7:4 - heart Isaiah 47:9 - these two Amos 8:10 - as the Matthew 14:14 - and was Matthew 15:32 - Jesus Matthew 20:34 - Jesus Mark 1:41 - moved Mark 9:22 - have Luke 10:33 - he had John 11:21 - if Acts 20:10 - Trouble Revelation 5:5 - Weep

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18
`And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;
Genesis 7:1
And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;
Genesis 7:2
of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;
Genesis 7:4
for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.'
Genesis 7:7
And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge;
Genesis 7:9
two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:18
and the waters are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth on the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:19
And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which [are] under the whole heavens;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her,.... Knowing her case, that she was a widow, and had lost her only son:

and said unto her, weep not; signifying, that he would help her, which he did without being asked to do it, as usual in other cases.


 
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