Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Luke 6:25 in other translations
| BSB | Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. |
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| WEB | Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. |
| ASV | Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. |
| YLT | ‘Woe to you who have been filled--because ye shall hunger. ‘Woe to you who are laughing now--because ye shall mourn and weep. |
| DARBY | Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep. |
| BBE | Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow. |
| Webster | Woe to you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. |
What does Luke 6:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:24-25
24-25. rich ... full ... laugh--who have all their good things and joyous feelings here and now, in perishable objects. received your consolation--(see on Lu 16:25). shall hunger--their inward craving strong as ever, but the materials of satisfaction forever gone.
Barnes' Notes
(f) "you that are full", Is 28:7, 65:13 (g) "laugh now", Prov 14:13, Eph 5:4
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:20-26
Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Mt 5; 7. But some think that this was preached at another time and place. All believers that take the precepts of the gospel to themselves, and live by them, may take the promises of the gospel to themselves, and live upon them. Woes are denounced against prosperous sinners as miserable people, though the world envies them. Those are blessed indeed…
Luke 6:25 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 6:25
- Isaiah 65:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
- James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- Luke 16:14-15
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
- Revelation 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
- Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
- Job 20:5-7
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- Luke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Revelation 18:7-11
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. …
- Philippians 4:12-13
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Isaiah 24:7-12
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 6:11,12; 1Sa 2:5; Pr 30:9; Isa 28:7; 65:13; Php 4:12,13; Re 3:17
hunger.
Isa 8:21; 9:20; 65:13
laugh.
8:53; 16:14,15; Ps 22:6,7; Pr 14:13; Ec 2:2; 7:3,6; Eph 5:4; Jas 4:9
mourn.
12:20; 13:28; Job 20:5-7; 21:11-13; Ps 49:19; Isa 21:3,4; 24:7-12
Da 5:4-6; Am 8:10; Na 1:10; Mt 22:11-13; 1Th 5:3; Re 18:7-11
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Luke 6:24
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
- Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- Luke 6:26
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Luke 6:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Ay de vosotros, los que estáis hartos! porque tendréis hambre. ¡Ay de vosotros, los que ahora reís! porque lamentaréis y lloraréis. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | malheur à vous qui êtes rassasiés, car vous aurez faim; malheur à vous qui riez maintenant, car vous mènerez deuil et vous pleurerez. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wehe euch, die ihr voll seid, denn ihr werdet hungern. Wehe euch, die ihr jetzt lachet, denn ihr werdet trauern und weinen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Væ vobis, qui saturati estis: quia esurietis. Væ vobis, qui ridetis nunc: quia lugebitis et flebitis. |