Luke 20:29 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁹ “Now, there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and died childless.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died without [having any] children.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

Common English Bible

²⁹ Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Luke 20:29 Cross References

Jeremiah 22:30

“Thus said יהוה, ‘Write this man down as childless, a strong man who is not to prosper in his days, for none of his descendants shall prosper, sitting on the throne of Dawiḏ, or rule any more in Yehuḏah.’ ”

Leviticus 20:20

‘And a man who lies with his uncle’s wife: he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness, they bear their sin, they die childless.

Luke 20:28

saying, “Teacher, Mosheh wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies childless, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Luke 20:30

“And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.