Luke 16:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And in the unseen place of departed spirits the rich man, who was being tormented, looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus close beside him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. American Standard Version (1901) And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Common English Bible While being tormented in the place of the dead, he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance with Lazarus at his side. Catholic Public Domain Version Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: |
And Capernaum, do you think you will be lifted up toward heaven [as a proud city]? [No indeed], you will [surely] go down to the place of the unseen [i.e., become obscure or obliterated as a city]. For if the powerful miracles had been performed in Sodom which were performed in your presence, it would have remained [even] until today.
And if your eye becomes the occasion for you falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away, for it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life with [only] one eye, rather than keeping both eyes and being thrown into a fiery hell [i.e., because one of them caused you to fall away from God].
You snakes! You children of snakes! How do you expect to escape being judged [and condemned] in hell?
But I say to you that every person who is angry toward his brother will be subject to judgment; and whoever calls his brother ‘stupid idiot’ is subject to [being sentenced by] the [Jewish] Council, and whoever says, ‘go to hell’ is subject to going to the fire of hell [himself].
And if your right eye is what ensnares you into falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away from you. For it would be better for you to lose a part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [Note: This is the word “Gehenna,” and because of its Old Testament connotation of burning bodies, II Chron. 33:6, it is used figuratively here, and elsewhere, to describe the place of future, final punishment of the wicked].
Suddenly they shouted out, “What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before it is time to?” [i.e., before our punishment is due. See II Pet. 2:4; Jude 6].
And he shouted out, ‘Forefather Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus [to me], so he can dip the tip of his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it, because I am in agony in these flames.’
where I have five brothers. Then he could warn them so that they will not [have to] come to this [terrible] place of torment also.’
And when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet [i.e., in worship. See Mark 5:6] and shouted out with a loud voice saying, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Highest God? I beg you, do not torture me.”
[Hos. 13:14 says], “Death, where is your victory [over people]? Death, where is your [harmful] sting?”
For if God did not spare sinning angels, but cast them in chains into deep, dark dungeons to await judgment;
And the devil that [had] deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire, [burning] with sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also are. [See 19:20]. And [there] these [enemies of God] will be tortured day and night forever and ever.