Matthew 4:9

King James Version

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and sayde to hym: all these will I geue ye if thou wilt faull doune and worship me.

International Standard Version
He said to Jesus,him">[fn] "I will give you all of these things if you will bow down and worship me!"

New American Standard Bible
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

New Century Version
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."

Update Bible Version
and he said to him, All these things I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

Webster's Bible Translation
And saith to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Amplified Bible
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

English Standard Version
And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

World English Bible
He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Weymouth's New Testament
and said to Him, "All this I will give you, if you will kneel down and do me homage."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide to hym, Alle these `Y schal yyue to thee, if thou falle doun and worschipe me.

English Revised Version
and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Berean Standard Bible
"All this I will give You," he said, "if You will fall down and worship me."

Contemporary English Version
The devil said to him, "I will give all this to you, if you will bow down and worship me."

American Standard Version
and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Bible in Basic English
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

Complete Jewish Bible
and said to him, "All this I will give you if you will bow down and worship me."

Darby Translation
and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.

Etheridge Translation
and said to him, These all to thee will I give, if thou wilt fall and worship me,

Murdock Translation
and said to him: All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

King James Version (1611)
And saith vnto him, All these things will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship me.

New Living Translation
"I will give it all to you," he said, "if you will kneel down and worship me."

New Life Bible
He said to Jesus, "I will give You all these nations if You will get down at my feet and worship me."

New Revised Standard
and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And sayd to him, All these will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe, and worship me.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said to him, All of these I will give to you, if you will fall down and worship me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and said to him, All these things, will I give thee, - if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

Revised Standard Version
and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sayth vnto hym: All these wyll I geue thee, yf thou wylt fall downe, and worshyp me.

Good News Translation
"All this I will give you," the Devil said, "if you kneel down and worship me."

Christian Standard Bible®
And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”

Hebrew Names Version
He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

Lexham English Bible
and he said to him, "I will give to you all these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

Literal Translation
And he said to Him. I will give all these things to You if falling down, You will worship me.

Young's Literal Translation
and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto hym: all these wil I geue the, yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
said he, will I give you, if you will prostrate your self and worship me.

New English Translation
And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me."

New King James Version
And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."

Simplified Cowboy Version
"I'll make a horse trade with you. I'll swap you everything you see below us if you'll take off your hat and call me boss."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

Legacy Standard Bible
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

Contextual Overview

¹ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ² And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. ³ And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴ But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. ⁵ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ⁷ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ⁸ Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ⁹ And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. ¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

All: Matthew 26:15, John 13:3

I give: 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Proverbs 8:15, Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 27:6, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19, Daniel 5:26-28, John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11, Revelation 19:16

if: 1 Corinthians 10:20, 1 Corinthians 10:21, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Timothy 3:6, Revelation 19:10, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 22:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:1 - hath Exodus 20:5 - bow down Numbers 22:17 - I will promote Numbers 22:37 - General Psalms 95:6 - worship Daniel 3:6 - falleth Matthew 2:11 - worshipped Matthew 8:2 - worshipped Matthew 16:26 - gain Mark 6:23 - Whatsoever Revelation 4:10 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the Lord , My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 37:32
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

Psalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And saith unto him, all these things will I give thee.... This is more fully and strongly expressed by the Evangelist Luke. Luke 4:6.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it--all shall be thine. In which words he sets up himself to be the God of this world, and the sovereign disposer of it: he pretends it was delivered to him by the true God, who had left it to his arbitrary disposal; and that he could invest Christ with the power and government of it, and put him in possession of all its glory, and make good and support his title to it, and interest in it. Never was such monstrous arrogance expressed as this; when this poor, proud, wretched creature, has not the disposal, at his pleasure, of anyone single thing; no not the least in the whole universe. He could not touch, neither Job's person, nor any of his substance, without divine permission; nor enter into an herd of swine without Christ's leave; and yet had the front to make an offer of the whole world, as if he had a despotic power over it; and that upon this horrid and blasphemous condition,

if thou wilt fall down and worship me. This was the highest degree of effrontery and impudence. The devil is not content to be worshipped by men, but seeks for adoration from the Son of God: this opens at once his proud, ambitious, and aspiring views, to be as God himself; for with nothing less can he be satisfied.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All these things ... - All these kingdoms. All these dominions Satan claimed a right to bestow on whom he pleased, and with considerable justice. They were excessively wicked; and with no small degree of propriety, therefore, he asserted his claim to give them away. This temptation had much plausibility. Satan regarded Jesus as the king of the Jews. As the Messiah he supposed he had come to take possession of all that country. He was poor, and unarmed, and without followers or armies. Satan proposed to put him in possession of it at once, without any difficulty, if he would acknowledge him as the proper lord and disposer of that country; if he would trust to him rather than to God.

Worship me - See the notes at Matthew 2:2. The word here seems to mean, to acknowledge Satan as having a right to give these kingdoms to him; to acknowledge his dependence on him rather than God; that is, really to render religious homage. We may be surprised at his boldness. But he had been twice foiled. He supposed it was an object dear to the heart of the Messiah to obtain these kingdoms. He claimed a right over them; and he seemed not to be asking too much, if he gave them to Jesus, that Jesus should be willing to acknowledge the gift and express gratitude for it. So plausible are Satan’s temptations, even when they are blasphemous; and so artfully does he present his allurements to the mind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 4:9. If thou wilt fall dozen and worship me — As if he had said, "The whole of this land is now under my government; do me homage for it, and I will deliver it into thy hand."