Luke 19:40 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He replied, I tell you that if these keep silent, the very stones will cry out. [Hab. 2:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Common English Bible

He answered, “I tell you, if they were silent, the stones would shout.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said to them, "I tell you, that if these will keep silent, the stones themselves will cry out."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Luke 19:40 Cross References

Psalm 96:11

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Isaiah 55:12

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Matthew 3:9

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Luke 19:41

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

2 Peter 2:6

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomor´rah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;