Luke 23:29

Luke chapter 23 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For 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.

Context

v.28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

v.29This passage

v.30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

Cross references

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

Matthew 24:19
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Luke 21:23
Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
Mark 13:17
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
Deuteronomy 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.
Hosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!