Luke 16:30

Easy-to-Read Version

"The rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! But if someone came to them from the dead, then they would decide to change their lives.'

Parallel Translations

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayd: naye father Abraham but yf one came vnto the from the ded they wolde repent.

Hebrew Names Version
"He said, 'No, father Avraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

International Standard Version
But the rich manhe">[fn] replied, 'No, father Abraham! Yet if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.'

New American Standard Bible
"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!'

New Century Version
The rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! If someone goes to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.'

Update Bible Version
And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Amplified Bible
"He replied, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent [they will change their old way of thinking and seek God and His righteousness].'

English Standard Version
And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

World English Bible
"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; `but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Nay, fadir Abraham, but if ony of deed men go to hem, thei schulen do penaunce.

English Revised Version
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Berean Standard Bible
'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Contemporary English Version
Then the rich man said, "No, that's not enough! If only someone from the dead would go to them, they would listen and turn to God."

American Standard Version
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Bible in Basic English
And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

Complete Jewish Bible
However, he said, ‘No, father Avraham, they need more. If someone from the dead goes to them, they'll repent!'

Darby Translation
But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

Etheridge Translation
But he said to him, No, my father Abraham, but if one from the dead shall go unto them, they repent.

Murdock Translation
But he said to him: No, my father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.

King James Version (1611)
And hee said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went vnto them from the dead, they will repent.

New Living Translation
"The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.'

New Life Bible
But the rich man said, ‘No, Father Abraham. If someone goes to them from the dead, they will be sorry for their sins and turn from them.'

New Revised Standard
He said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayde, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came vnto them from the dead, they will amend their liues.

George Lamsa Translation
But he said to him, No, my father Abraham; but if only a man from the dead go to them, they will repent.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he, said - Nay! father Abraham, but, if one, from the dead, should go unto them, they would repent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

Revised Standard Version
And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde, nay father Abraham: but yf one come vnto them from the dead, they wyll repent.

Good News Translation
The rich man answered, ‘That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.'

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

King James Version
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Lexham English Bible
And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent!'

Literal Translation
But he said, No, father Abraham, but if one should go from the dead to them, they will repent.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he sayde: Nay father Abraham, but yf one wente vnto them fro the deed, they wolde do pennaunce.

Mace New Testament (1729)
no, father Abraham, said he, they will not: but if any of the dead went to them, they will certainly repent.

THE MESSAGE
"‘I know, Father Abraham,' he said, ‘but they're not listening. If someone came back to them from the dead, they would change their ways.'

New English Translation
Then the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

New King James Version
And he said, "No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"The rich man said, 'That's not enough Abraham! If someone from here could go back and tell them, then they would turn from their selfishness and ride for God!'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!'

Legacy Standard Bible
But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!'

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes. He was so rich that he was able to enjoy all the best things every day. ²⁰ There was also a very poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus' body was covered with sores. He was often put by the rich man's gate. ²¹ Lazarus wanted only to eat the scraps of food left on the floor under the rich man's table. And the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² "Later, Lazarus died. The angels took him and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ He was sent to the place of death and was in great pain. He saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms. ²⁴ He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!' ²⁵ "But Abraham said, ‘My child, remember when you lived? You had all the good things in life. But Lazarus had nothing but problems. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering. ²⁶ Also, there is a big pit between you and us. No one can cross over to help you, and no one can come here from there.' ²⁷ "The rich man said, ‘Then please, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house on earth. ²⁸ I have five brothers. He could warn my brothers so that they will not come to this place of pain.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

repent: Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5, Revelation 16:9-11

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:2 - Repent Luke 16:24 - Father Luke 24:37 - General John 11:46 - General Romans 9:7 - because James 2:21 - Abraham

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, nay, father Abraham,.... He contradicts his father Abraham, or at least desires it might not be so; this way he suggests, was not so right, and would not succeed; for he knew his brethren were a rebellious, and stiffnecked people, and would not hear Moses and the prophets, notwithstanding all their outward boast of them, and pretensions of regard to them:

but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent; but alas! repentance is not of man's will, but a gift of God's grace; nor could these men repent, because in a judicial way their eyes were shut, their ears were stopped, and their hearts were hardened; and though Christ came in person to them, and preached, as never man did, with power and authority, and confirmed his doctrine with miracles, yet they repented not, nor did they when he arose from the dead.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nay - No. They will not hear Moses and the prophets. They have heard them so long in vain, that there is no prospect now that they will attend to the message; but if one should go to them directly from the eternal world they would hear him. The novelty of the message would attract their attention, and they would listen to what he would say.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 16:30. If one went to them from the dead, &c.] Many are desirous to see an inhabitant of the other world, and converse with him, in order to know what passes there. Make way! Here is a damned soul, which Jesus Christ has evoked from the hell of fire! Hear him! Hear him tell of his torments! Hear him utter his regrets! "But we cannot see him." No: God has, in his mercy, spared you for the present this punishment. How could you bear the sight of this damned spirit? Your very nature would fail at the appearance. Jesus keeps him as it were behind the curtain, and holds a conversation with him in your hearing, which you have neither faith nor courage sufficient to hold with him yourselves.