Luke 15:5

Easy-to-Read Version

And when you find it, you will be very happy. You will carry it

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

King James Version (1611)
And when he hath found it, hee layeth it on his shoulders, reioycing.

King James Version
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

English Standard Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

New American Standard Bible
"And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

New Century Version
And when he finds it, he happily puts it on his shoulders

Amplified Bible
"And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Berean Standard Bible
And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

Contemporary English Version
And when you find it, you will be so glad that you will put it on your shoulder

Complete Jewish Bible
When he does find it, he joyfully hoists it onto his shoulders;

Darby Translation
and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he hath found it, he laieth it on his shoulders with ioye.

George Lamsa Translation
And when he finds it he rejoices, and he takes it on his shoulders.

Good News Translation
When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders

Lexham English Bible
And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Literal Translation
And finding it , he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

American Standard Version
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Bible in Basic English
And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

Hebrew Names Version
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

International Standard Version
When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices.

Etheridge Translation
And when he hath found it, he rejoiceth and carrieth it upon his shoulders.

Murdock Translation
And when he findeth it, he rejoiceth, and taketh it upon his shoulders;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:

English Revised Version
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

World English Bible
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And having found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing.

Weymouth's New Testament
And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hath foundun it, he ioieth, and leyith it on hise schuldris; and he cometh hoom,

Update Bible Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he hath found [it], he layeth [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.

New English Translation
Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

New King James Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

New Living Translation
And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders.

New Life Bible
When you find it, you are happy as you carry it back on your shoulders.

New Revised Standard
When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing?

Revised Standard Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whe he hath founde him he putteth him on his shulders with ioye:

Young's Literal Translation
and having found, he doth lay [it] on his shoulders rejoicing,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it vpon his shulders with ioye:

Mace New Testament (1729)
and when he hath found it, joyfully lay it upon his shoulders?

Simplified Cowboy Version
And when he finds it, won't he pull it up into the saddle with him and carry it home?

Contextual Overview

¹ Many tax collectors and sinners came to listen to Jesus. ² Then the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to complain, "Look, this man welcomes sinners and even eats with them!" ³ Then Jesus told them this story: ⁴ "Suppose one of you has 100 sheep, but one of them gets lost. What will you do? You will leave the other 99 sheep there in the field and go out and look for the lost sheep. You will continue to search for it until you find it. ⁵ And when you find it, you will be very happy. You will carry it ⁶ home, go to your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me because I found my lost sheep!' ⁷ In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner decides to change. There is more joy for that one sinner than for 99 good people who don't need to change. ⁸ "Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but she loses one of them. She will take a light and clean the house. She will look carefully for the coin until she finds it. ⁹ And when she finds it, she will call her friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me because I have found the coin that I lost!' ¹⁰ In the same way, it's a happy time for the angels of God when one sinner decides to change."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Luke 19:9, Luke 23:43, Isaiah 62:12, John 4:34, John 4:35, Acts 9:1-16, Romans 10:20, Romans 10:21, Ephesians 2:3-6, Titus 3:3-7

he layeth: Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 63:9, Micah 5:4, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 3:7, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Timothy 2:26, 1 Peter 1:5

rejoicing: Luke 15:23, Luke 15:24, Luke 15:32, Isaiah 53:10, Isaiah 53:11, Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 32:41, Jeremiah 32:42, Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11, Micah 7:18, Zephaniah 3:17, John 15:11, Hebrews 12:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 104:31 - rejoice Isaiah 65:19 - I will Zechariah 4:10 - for they Matthew 18:13 - he rejoiceth Matthew 26:29 - until Luke 10:21 - Jesus Acts 15:3 - they caused Romans 12:15 - Rejoice Ephesians 2:17 - and preached

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Genesis 13:16
I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.

Genesis 15:7
He said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you from Ur of Babylonia. I did this so that I could give you this land. You will own this land."

Genesis 15:8
But Abram said, "Lord God , how can I be sure that I will get this land?"

Genesis 16:10
The angel of the Lord also said, "From you will come many people—too many people to count."

Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.

Genesis 26:4
I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven, and I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14
You will have as many descendants as there are particles of dust on the earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. These men served you, and you used your name to make a promise to them. You said, ‘I will make your people as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your people all this land as I promised. This land will be theirs forever.'"

Deuteronomy 1:10
And now, there are even more of you. The Lord your God has added more and more people, so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he hath found it,.... In a sad plight and condition: so Christ finds his sheep in a most desolate one, in a pit, in the mire and clay of nature; in the paw of the roaring lion, Satan; helpless, hopeless, wretched, miserable, and naked; and not only starving, famishing, and dying, but even dead in trespasses and sins: and finding them with respect to redemption, designs his procuring eternal salvation for them; and with regard to calling, his laying hold upon them by his Spirit and grace, and bringing them to a sense of themselves, and to the knowledge of himself. There are several things which Christ does to his sheep when he has found them, which are not here expressed, but understood: finding them dead in sin he speaks life into them; he calls them by name, and asserts his property in them; he takes them out of the pit of nature; he rescues them out of the hands of Satan; he washes them from their filthiness, and heals all their diseases; he feeds and refreshes them; he covers them with his robe of righteousness; he beautifies and adorns them, and brings them home in the manner after described:

he layeth it on his shoulders; he does not put them on their own legs to go alone; nor does he lead them, and much less drive them before him; but he takes them up in his arms, and lays them on his shoulders: which shows the passiveness of men in conversion, and their weakness and impotency to any thing that is spiritually good of themselves; they cannot think a good thought, nor do a good action, and still less begin and carry on the work of grace in their hearts; as also the strength of Christ in bearing and carrying them, as he does, through all afflictions, temptations, and difficulties, safe to glory; and likewise his great love and affection for them; he loved them before the world began, and he showed it in dying for them, and manifests it to them, when he calls them by grace; and this also expresses the safety of his sheep; for being on him, they are in no danger from the law and justice of God; nor from Satan, or any other enemy; nor of a final and total falling away: and moreover this signifies the spiritual ease and rest which such have in Christ: the manner in which Christ the shepherd carries them, having found them, and laid them on his shoulders, is

rejoicing: not upbraiding them with going astray; nor complaining of, or groaning under the burden; but rejoicing in a kind of triumph, and carrying them as a trophy of victory, and a spoil obtained.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 18:12-13.