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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Luke 12:52

For there shall be, henceforth, five in one house, divided, - three against two, and two against three:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Strife;   The Topic Concordance - Division;   Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fire;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Family;   Fig-Tree ;   Magnificat;   Marriage (Ii.);   Numbers (2);   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Quotations (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.
King James Version (1611)
For from henceforth there shalbe fiue in one house diuided, three against two, and two against three.
King James Version
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
English Standard Version
For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.
New American Standard Bible
for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
New Century Version
From now on, a family with five people will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
Amplified Bible
for from now on five in one household will be divided [over Me], three against two and two against three.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Legacy Standard Bible
for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Berean Standard Bible
From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Contemporary English Version
A family of five will be divided, with two of them against the other three.
Complete Jewish Bible
For from now on, a household of five will be divided, three against two, two against three.
Darby Translation
for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
Easy-to-Read Version
From now on, a family of five will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For from hencefoorth there shall be fiue in one house deuided, three against two, and two against three.
George Lamsa Translation
For from henceforth there will be five in a house, who will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
Good News Translation
From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Lexham English Bible
For from now on there will be five in one household, divided three against two and two against three.
Literal Translation
For from now on five in one house will have been divided, three against two, and two against three.
American Standard Version
for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Bible in Basic English
For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.
Hebrew Names Version
For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
International Standard Version
From now on, five people in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.Matthew 10:35;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For from henceforth there will be five in one house, who (will be) divided, three against two, and two against three.
Murdock Translation
For from this time, there will be five [fn] in one house, who will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For fro hencefoorth there shalbe fyue in one house deuided, three against two, and two against three.
English Revised Version
for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
World English Bible
For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Weymouth's New Testament
For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For fro this tyme ther schulen be fyue departid in oon hous; thre schulen be departid ayens tweyne, and tweyne schulen be departid ayens thre;
Update Bible Version
for there shall be from now on five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Webster's Bible Translation
For from henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
New English Translation
For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.
New King James Version
For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.
New Living Translation
From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.
New Life Bible
From now on there will be five in one house divided. Three will be against two and two will be against three.
New Revised Standard
From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
Revised Standard Version
for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For fro hence forthe ther shalbe five in one housse devided thre agaynst two and two agaynst thre.
Young's Literal Translation
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For from hence forth there shal be at varyauce in one house: thre agaynst two, and two agaynst thre.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Now families will be torn apart because of me.

Contextual Overview

41 But Peter said - Lord! unto us, this parable, speakest thou? or, even unto all? 42 And the Lord said - Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat? 43 Happy, that servant, whom the lord, when he cometh shall find doing, thus! 44 Of a truth, I say unto you - Over all his possessions, will he appoint him. 45 But, if that servant should say in his heart - My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens, - to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk, 46 The lord of that servant, will have come - on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not taking note, - and will cut him asunder, and, his part, with the unfaithful, will appoint. 47 And, that servant, who had come to know the will of his lord, and neither prepared, nor wrought unto his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; 48 Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him. 49 Fire, came I to cast upon the earth, - and what can I wish, if, already, it hath been, kindled? 50 But, an immersion, have I, to be immersed with, and how am I distressed, until it be ended!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 41:9, Micah 7:5, Micah 7:6, John 7:41-43, John 9:16, John 10:19-21, John 15:18-21, John 16:2, Acts 13:43-46, Acts 14:1-4, Acts 28:24

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 20:10 - All my familiars Zechariah 11:6 - deliver Mark 13:12 - General Luke 12:49 - come

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house,.... Which are the five following, mentioned in the next verse; the father and the son, the mother and the daughter, and her daughter-in-law, or son's wife; for the mother and mother-in-law are one and the same person, only standing in different relations; as a mother to her own daughter, and a mother-in-law to her son's wife, or to her husband's daughter by his first wife; though the former best answers to the word used: now from the time of Christ's saying these words, or quickly after this, immediately upon his baptism of sufferings, or soon after his death, when the Gospel should be preached more publicly and extensively, this should be the effect of it; that supposing a family consisting of the above number, they should be

divided from one another, in the following manner:

three against two, and two against three; three that did not believe in Christ, against two that did believe in him; or two that did not believe, against three that did; or three that did, against two that did not; or two that did, against three that did not. The Ethiopic version reads, "two shall be separated from three, and one shall be separated from two".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 10:34-36.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 52. Five in one house divided — See on Matthew 10:35; Matthew 10:36.


 
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