Luke 11:46 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear, and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
So he said: “And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and He said, “And to you, the lawyers, woe! Because you burden men with burdens [too] grievous to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Darby Darby Translation
And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And he said, Woe to you also, [ye] lawyers, for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And he sayde, Wo be to you also, yee Lawyers: for yee lade men with burdens grieuous to be borne, and yee your selues touche not the burdens with one of your fingers.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Jesus said, “Woe to you, teachers of the law! For you put people under burdens that are hard to carry, but you do not touch the burdens with one of your own fingers.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Then he sayde: Wo be to you also ye lawears: for ye lade men with burthens greveous to be borne and ye youre selves touche not the packes with one of youre fyngers.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and he said, 'And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.
FBV Free Bible Version
Jesus replied, “Shame on you lawyers too! You place burdens on people that are too hard to carry, but you don't lift a finger to help them.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y él dixo: ¡Y ay de vosotros, Doctores de la Ley: que cargais á los hombres de cargas, que no pueden llevar, y vosotros ni aún con uno de vuestros dedos tocáis las cargas!
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y él dijo: ¡Ay de vosotros también, doctores de la ley! que cargáis á los hombres con cargas que no pueden llevar; mas vosotros ni aun con un dedo tocáis las cargas.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Jesús le respondió: ―¡Ay de ustedes también, maestros de la ley! Ponen sobre los demás cargas que apenas pueden soportar, y ustedes no levantan ni un dedo para ayudarlos.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Y Él contestó: ¡Ay de ustedes, los doctores de la Ley! Porque abruman a los hombres con cargas difíciles de llevar, pero ustedes ni siquiera las tocan con uno de sus dedos.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Entonces Jesús respondió: “¡Qué lástima me dan ustedes, intérpretes de la ley! Porque ustedes ponen sobre la gente cargas difíciles de soportar, pero ustedes no mueven ni un dedo por ayudarlos.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Jesús dijo: ¡Ay también de ustedes, intérpretes de la Ley!, porque cargan a la gente con cargas difíciles de llevar, pero ustedes ni con un dedo las tocan.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ὁ δὲ εἶπε· καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς νομικοῖς οὐαί, ὅτι φορτίζετε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους φορτία δυσβάστακτα, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑνὶ τῶν δακτύλων ὑμῶν οὐ προσψαύετε τοῖς φορτίοις.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ο δε ειπεν· και υμιν τοις νομικοις ουαι, οτι φορτιζετε τους ανθρωπους φορτια δυσβαστακτα, και αυτοι ενι των δακτυλων υμων ου προσψαυετε τοις φορτιοις.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, Καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς νομικοῖς οὐαί, ὅτι φορτίζετε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους φορτία δυσβάστακτα, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑνὶ τῶν δακτύλων ὑμῶν οὐ προσψαύετε τοῖς φορτίοις.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ο δε ειπεν και υμιν τοισ νομικοισ ουαι οτι φορτιζετε τουσ ανθρωπουσ φορτια δυσβαστακτα και αυτοι ενι των δακτυλων υμων ου προσψαυετε τοισ φορτιοισ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς νομικοῖς οὐαί, ὅτι φορτίζετε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους φορτία δυσβάστακτα, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑνὶ τῶν δακτύλων ὑμῶν οὐ προσψαύετε τοῖς φορτίοις.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς νομικοῖς οὐαί, ὅτι φορτίζετε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους φορτία δυσβάστακτα, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑνὶ τῶν δακτύλων ὑμῶν οὐ προσψαύετε τοῖς φορτίοις.
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Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
At ille ait: Et vobis legisperitis væ: quia oneratis homines oneribus, quæ portare non possunt, et ipsi uno digito vestro non tangitis sarcinas.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: и҆ ва́мъ зако́нникѡмъ го́ре, ꙗ҆́кѡ накла́даете на человѣ́ки бремена̀ не ᲂу҆до́бь носи̑ма, и҆ са́ми є҆ди́нѣмъ пе́рстомъ ва́шимъ не прикаса́етесѧ бременє́мъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Но Он сказал: и вам, законникам, горе, что налагаете на людей бремена неудобоносимые, а сами и одним перстом своим не дотрагиваетесь до них.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ο δε είπε· Και εις εσάς τους νομικούς ουαί, διότι φορτίζετε τους ανθρώπους φορτία δυσβάστακτα, και σεις με ένα των δακτύλων σας δεν εγγίζετε τα φορτία.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А Он рече: Тешко и вама законицима што товарите на људе бремена претешка за ношење, а ви једним прстом својим нећете да их прихватите.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A On reče: Teško i vama zakonicima što tovarite na ljude bremena preteška za nošenje, a vi jednim prstom svojim nećete da ih prihvatite.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَقَالَ: «وَوَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّامُوسِيُّونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُحَمِّلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَحْمَالًا عَسِرَةَ ٱلْحَمْلِ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَمَسُّونَ ٱلْأَحْمَالَ بِإِحْدَى أَصَابِعِكُمْ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC