Luke 11:48 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
Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Clearly, you are testifying that you consent to the actions of your fathers, because even though they killed them, you build their sepulchers.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].
MSB Majority Standard Bible
So you bear witness and consent to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].
LSV Literal Standard Version
Then you testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build [their sepulchres].
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Truely ye beare witnesse, and allowe the deedes of your fathers: for they killed them, and yee build their sepulchres.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
So you are witnesses and you consent to the works of your ancestors, for they indeed killed them and you build their tombs.
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)
truly ye beare witnes that ye alowe the dedes of youre fathers for they kylled them and ye bylde their sepulchres.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
FBV Free Bible Version
By doing this you are witnesses showing that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs!
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Verdaderamente dais á entender, que consentís en las obras de vuestros padres: porque ellos en verdad los matáron, mas vosotros edificais sus sepulchros.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
De cierto dais testimonio que consentís en los hechos de vuestros padres; porque á la verdad ellos los mataron, mas vosotros edificáis sus sepulcros.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Así demuestran que están de acuerdo con lo que hicieron sus propios antepasados: ellos mataron a los profetas y ustedes les construyen los sepulcros.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Así que son testigos y consentidores de las obras de sus antepasados. Porque ciertamente ellos los mataron, y ustedes edifican [sus sepulcros].
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Al hacer esto, ustedes son testigos que muestran estar de acuerdo con lo que sus padres hicieron. ¡Ellos mataron a los profetas, y ustedes construyeron sus tumbas!
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)
Así dan testimonio de que aprueban las obras de sus padres; porque ellos los mataron, y ustedes construyen sus sepulcros.
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)
ἄρα μαρτυρεῖτε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
αρα μαρτυρειτε και συνευδοκειτε τοις εργοις των πατερων υμων, οτι αυτοι μεν απεκτειναν αυτους, υμεις δε οικοδομειτε αυτων τα μνημεια.
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)
Ἄρα μαρτυρεῖτε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν· ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
αρα μαρτυρειτε και συνευδοκειτε τοισ εργοισ των πατερων υμων οτι αυτοι μεν απεκτειναν αυτουσ υμεισ δε οικοδομειτε αυτων τα μνημεια
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἄρα μάρτυρές ἐστε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτοὺς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἄρα ⸂μάρτυρές ἐστε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτοὺς ὑμεῖς δὲ ⸀οἰκοδομεῖτε
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Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Profecto testificamini quod consentitis operibus patrum vestrorum: quoniam ipsi quidem eos occiderunt, vos autem ædificatis eorum sepulchra.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
ᲂу҆̀бо свидѣ́тельствꙋете и҆ соблаговолитѐ дѣлѡ́мъ ѻ҆тє́цъ ва́шихъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ті́и ᲂу҆́бѡ и҆зби́ша и҆̀хъ, вы́ же зи́ждете и҆́хъ гро́бы.
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)
сим вы свидетельствуете о делах отцов ваших и соглашаетесь с ними, ибо они избили пророков, а вы строите им гробницы.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Άρα μαρτυρείτε και συμφωνείτε εις τα έργα των πατέρων σας, διότι αυτοί μεν εφόνευσαν αυτούς, σεις δε οικοδομείτε τα μνημεία αυτών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ви дакле сведочите и одобравате дела отаца својих; јер их они побише, а ви им гробове зидате.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Vi dakle svedočite i odobravate dela otaca svojih; jer ih oni pobiše, a vi im grobove zidate.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
إِذًا تَشْهَدُونَ وَتَرْضَوْنَ بِأَعْمَالِ آبَائِكُمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ هُمْ قَتَلُوهُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَهُمْ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC