Devine Scripture

Luke 23:28

Luke chapter 23 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

Context

v.27And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

v.28This passage

v.29For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Song of Solomon 5:8

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

  • Song of Solomon 5:16

    His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song of Solomon 2:7

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  • Song of Solomon 3:5

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  • Song of Solomon 1:5

    I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

  • Song of Solomon 3:10

    He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.