LUKE 16:23 Parallel Verse View

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ULT and in Hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torment, he sees Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.

UST In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus sitting very close to Abraham.

BSB In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up [and] saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

BLB And in Hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he sees Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.

AICNT and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom [[resting]].[fn]

16:23, resting: Some manuscripts include. D(05) Latin(b e it)

OEB In Hades he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side.

WEBBE In Hades,[fn] he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

16:23 or, Hell

WMBB In Sheol,[fn] he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

16:23 or, Hell

NET And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

LSV and having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

FBV In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham in the far distance, with Lazarus beside him.

TCNT As he was in torment in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his side.

T4T In the place where dead people wait for God to judge them, he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham.

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BBE And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

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Wymth And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms.

ASV And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

DRA And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:

YLT and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

Drby And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

RV And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
(And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth/sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. )

SLT And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Wbstr And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

KJB-1769 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
( And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth/sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. )

KJB-1611 And in hell he lift vp his eyes being in torments, and seeth Abraham afarre off, and Lazarus in his bosome:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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Gnva And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his bosome.
(And being in hell in torments, he lift up his eyes, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. )

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TNT And beinge in hell in tormentes he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome
(And being in hell in tormentes he lifte up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom )

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ClVg Elevans autem oculos suos, cum esset in tormentis, vidit Abraham a longe, et Lazarum in sinu ejus:[fn]
(Elevans however the_eyes his_own, when/with was in/into/on tormentis, he_saw Abraham from longe, and Lazarum in/into/on pocket his: )

16.23 Elevans autem. A longe vident infideles, dum in imo positi ante diem judicii fideles super se in requie attendunt, quorum gaudia post contemplari non possunt. Longe est quod conspiciunt, quia illuc per meritum non attingunt. Vidit Abraham. GREG. Credendum est, quod ante retributionem extremi judicii injusti in requie, etc., usque ad et de illorum pœna torquentur quos inutiliter amaverunt.

16.23 Elevans however. From far_away they_see infideles, while in/into/on imo positi before day judgement fideles over himself in/into/on rest attendunt, whose gaudia after contemplari not/no they_can. Far_away it_is that they_look, because there/to_that_place through meritum not/no attingunt. He_saw Abraham. GREG. Credendum it_is, that before retribution extremi judgement injusti in/into/on rest, etc., until to and from/about of_them pœna torquentur which inutiliter amaverunt.

UGNT καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾍδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
(kai en tōi Haidaʸ eparas tous ofthalmous autou, huparⱪōn en basanois, hora Abraʼam apo makrothen, kai Lazaron en tois kolpois autou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ⸀ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
(kai en tōi hadaʸ eparas tous ofthalmous autou, huparⱪōn en basanois, ⸀hora Abraʼam apo makrothen kai Lazaron en tois kolpois autou.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾍδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
(Kai en tōi Haidaʸ eparas tous ofthalmous autou, huparⱪōn en basanois, hora ton Abraʼam apo makrothen, kai Lazaron en tois kolpois autou.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾍδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ [fn]τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.
(Kai en tōi Haidaʸ eparas tous ofthalmous autou, huparⱪōn en basanois, hora ton Abraʼam apo makrothen, kai Lazaron en tois kolpois autou. )

16:23 τον ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ

˓having˒_lifted_up the eyes ˱of˲_him

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: [he looked up]

ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις

being in torments

Alternate translation: [while suffering in terrible pain]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

ὁρᾷ

˱he˲_˓is˒_seeing

To call attention to a significant development in the story, Jesus uses the present tense in past narration. See how you decided to approach this usage in [7:40](../07/40.md). If it would not be natural to use the present tense in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [he saw]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ

in in in the bosoms ˱of˲_him

See how you translated this expression in [16:22](../16/22.md). Alternate translation: [in a place of honor next to him]

Parallel LUKE 16:23