Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Luke 23:29 in other translations
| BSB | Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’ |
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| WEB | For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ |
| ASV | For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. |
| YLT | for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck; |
| DARBY | for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck. |
| BBE | For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk. |
| Webster | For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nourished infants. |
What does Luke 23:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 23:27-31
27-31. women--not the precious Galilean women (Lu 23:49), but part of the crowd.
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:26-31
We have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. Though many reproached and reviled him, yet some pitied him. But the death of Christ was his victory and triumph over his enemies: it was our deliverance, the purchase of eternal life for us. Therefore weep not for him, but let us weep for our own sins, and the sins of our children, which caused his death; and weep for…
Luke 23:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 23:29
- Matthew 24:19
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
- Luke 21:23-24
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Mark 13:17-19
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
- Hosea 9:12-16
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. …
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- Deuteronomy 28:53-57
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:23,24; Mt 24:19; Mr 13:17-19
Blessed.
De 28:53-57; Ho 9:12-16; 13:16
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Context
- Luke 23:28
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
- Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
- Luke 23:30
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Luke 23:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque he aquí vendrán días en que dirán: Bienaventuradas las estériles, y los vientres que no engendraron, y los pechos que no criaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car voici, des jours viennent, dans lesquels on dira: Bienheureuses les stériles, et les ventres qui n’ont pas enfanté, et les mamelles qui n’ont pas nourri. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn siehe, Tage kommen, an welchen man sagen wird: Glückselig die Unfruchtbaren und die Leiber, die nicht geboren, und die Brüste, die nicht gesäugt haben! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam ecce venient dies in quibus dicent: Beatæ steriles, et ventres qui non genuerunt, et ubera quæ non lactaverunt. |