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International Standard Version

He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"

New American Standard Bible

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”

King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Holman Bible

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

A Conservative Version

And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.

American Standard Version

And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Amplified

Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!”

An Understandable Version

But He answered them, "I tell you, if these people remain quiet [about me], [then] the stones will shout [about it]."

Anderson New Testament

And he answered, and said to them: I say to you, that if these had been silent, the stones would have cried out.

Bible in Basic English

And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

Common New Testament

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

Daniel Mace New Testament

but he answer'd them, if they should be silent, the stones would exclaim.

Darby Translation

And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

Godbey New Testament

and He responding said to them, I say unto you, that if these may keep silent, the rocks will cry out.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he answered, "I tell you, if they keep silence, the stones will cry out!"

John Wesley New Testament

And he answering said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Julia Smith Translation

And having answered, he said to them, I say to you that if these should be silent, the stones shall cry out.

King James 2000

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

Modern King James verseion

And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He answered, and said unto them, "I tell you, if these should hold their peace, the stones would cry."

Moffatt New Testament

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

Montgomery New Testament

"I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

NET Bible

He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"

New Heart English Bible

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Noyes New Testament

And he answering said, I tell you, that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.

Sawyer New Testament

And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent the stones would cry out.

The Emphasized Bible

And he answered and said - I tell you - If, these, shall hold their peace, the stones, will cry out.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he replying said to them. I tell you that, should these be silent, the very stones would cry out.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But Jesus answered: "I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out."

Webster

And he answered and said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Weymouth New Testament

"I tell you," He replied, "that if *they* became silent, the very stones would cry out."

Williams New Testament

But He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

World English Bible

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Worrell New Testament

And, answering, He said, "I tell you that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!"

Worsley New Testament

And He answered them, I tell you, that if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

and said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

I tell
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

σιωπάω 
Siopao 
Usage: 8

the stones
λίθος 
Lithos 
Usage: 41

References

Watsons

Context Readings

The Triumphal Entry

39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, "Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet." 40 He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!" 41 When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:


Cross References

Habakkuk 2:11

Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

Psalm 96:11

The heavens will be glad and the earth will rejoice; even the sea and everything that fills it will roar.

Psalm 98:7-9

Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and its inhabitants;

Psalm 114:1-8

When Israel came out of Egypt the household of Jacob from a people of foreign speech

Isaiah 55:12

"For you will go out in joy, and come back with peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands.

Matthew 21:15-16

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became furious

Matthew 3:9

Don't think you can say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

Matthew 27:45

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Matthew 27:51-54

Suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, rocks were split open,

2 Peter 2:6

and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them;

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