Luke 9:62

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} Jesus{G2424} said{G2036} unto{G4314} him,{G846} No man,{G3762} having put{G1911} his{G846} hand{G5495} to{G1909} the plow,{G723} and{G2532} looking{G991} {G1519} back,{G3694} is{G2076} fit{G2111} for{G1519} the kingdom{G932} of God.{G2316}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G1161} Jesus{G2424} said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto{G4314} him{G846}, No man{G3762}, having put{G1911}{(G5631)} his{G846} hand{G5495} to{G1909} the plough{G723}, and{G2532} looking{G991}{(G5723)} back{G1519}{G3694}, is{G2076}{(G5748)} fit{G2111} for{G1519} the kingdom{G932} of God{G2316}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Iesus sayde vnto him: No man that putteth his honde to the plowe and loketh backe is apte to the kyngdome of God.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Iesus sayde vnto him: Who so putteth his hade to the plowe, and loketh backe, is not mete for the kingdome of God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Iesus saide vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh backe, is apt to the kingdome of God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Iesus sayde vnto hym: No man that putteth his hande to the plowe, and loketh backe, is apt to the kyngdome of God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Jesus said unto him, ‹No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Jesus said to him,“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Referenced Verses

  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
  • Ps 78:8-9 : 8 They would not be like their ancestors—a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal, whose spirits were not faithful to God. 9 The sons of Ephraim, armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle.
  • Luke 17:31-32 : 31 On that day, no one who is on the housetop with possessions inside should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back for anything. 32 Remember Lot's wife!
  • Acts 15:37-38 : 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, along with them, 38 but Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • Jas 1:6-8 : 6 But let him ask in faith, without doubting, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 Let that person not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all their ways.

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