Luke 19 · Verse 44

Luke 19:44

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke 19:44, King James Version

Luke 19:44 in other translations

BSBThey will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
WEBand will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”
ASVand shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
YLTand lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'
DARBYand shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.
BBEAnd will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
WebsterAnd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

What does Luke 19:44 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:41-44

41-44. when beheld ... wept--Compare La 3:51, "Mine eye affecteth mine heart"; the heart again affecting the eye. Under this sympathetic law of the relation of mind and body, Jesus, in His beautiful, tender humanity, was constituted even as we. What a contrast to the immediately preceding profound joy! He yielded Himself alike freely to both. (See on Mt 23:37.)

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 44.

(d) "shall lay thee even" 1Kgs 9:7,8, Mi 3:12, Mt 23:37,38, Lk 13:34,35 (e) "they shall not leave" Mt 24:2, Mk 13:2 (f) "thou knowest not the time" Lam 1:8, 1Pet 2:12

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 44 The time of thy visitation - That is, the time of God's gracious offers of mercy to thee. This took in all the time which elapsed from the preaching of John the Baptist to the coming of the Roman armies, which included a period of above forty years.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 19:41-48

Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though…

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Luke 19:44 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ἐδαφιοῦσίνedaphiousinwill level to the groundG1474
σεseyouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
τὰtatheG3588
τέκναteknachildrenG5043
σουsouof youG4771
ἐνenwithinG1722
σοὶsoiyouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐκouknotG3756
ἀφήσουσινaphēsousinwill leaveG863
λίθονlithona stoneG3037
ἐπὶepiuponG1909
λίθονlithona stoneG3037
ἐνenwithinG1722
σοί,soiyou,G4771
ἀνθ᾽anth᾽becauseG473
ὧνhōnwhichG3739
οὐκouknotG3756
ἔγνωςegnōsyou knewG1097
τὸνtontheG3588
καιρὸνkaironseasonG2540
τῆςtēs<the>G3588
ἐπισκοπῆςepiskopēsof visitationG1984
σου.¶souof you.G4771

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Cross references for Luke 19:44

  • Luke 21:6

    As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Luke 13:34-35

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

  • Luke 19:42

    Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

  • 1 Peter 2:12

    Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • Matthew 23:37-38

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • John 3:18-21

    He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

  • Lamentations 1:8

    Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

  • Luke 1:68

    Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  • Matthew 24:2

    And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • 1 Kings 9:7-8

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • Luke 1:78

    Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lay.
1Ki 9:7,8; Mic 3:12
thy children.
13:34,35; Mt 23:37,38
leave.
21:6; Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2
because.
42; 1:68,78; La 1:8; Da 9:24; Joh 3:18-21; 1Pe 2:12

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Context

  • Luke 19:43

    For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

  • Luke 19:44

    And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Luke 19:45

    And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

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Luke 19:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y te derribarán á tierra, y á tus hijos dentro de ti; y no dejarán sobre ti piedra sobre piedra; por cuanto no conociste el tiempo de tu visitación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et te renverseront par terre, toi et tes enfants au-dedans de toi; et ils ne laisseront pas en toi pierre sur pierre, parce que tu n’as point connu le temps de ta visitation.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie werden dich und deine Kinder in dir zu Boden werfen und werden in dir nicht einen Stein auf dem anderen lassen, darum daß du die Zeit deiner Heimsuchung nicht erkannt hast.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ad terram prosternent te, et filios tuos, qui in te sunt, et non relinquent in te lapidem super lapidem: eo quod non cognoveris tempus visitationis tuæ.