Luke 16:28
King James Version (KJV)
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
In context
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:28 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
- WEB World English Bible
- for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
- DBY Darby Translation
- for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.