Luke 23:31
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
KJV
ὅτι εἰ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ ξύλῳ ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν, ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τί γένηται;
Greek NT
Quia si in viridi ligno hæc faciunt, in arido quid fiet ?
Vulgate
For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
ASV
For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
ξηρός
xeros
adjective · 8×
ξύλον
xulon
noun · 20×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑγρός
ugros
adjective · 1×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: τῷ | Treg/NIV/RP: τῷ
- τῷ — SBLGNT
- τῷ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
- 1Pet 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
- 1Pet 4:18 — And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
- Ezek 15:2 — Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
- Ezek 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flam
- Ezek 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flam
- Ezek 21:3 — And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
- John 15:6 — If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Matt 3:10 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matt 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Prov 11:31 — Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
- Zech 11:2 — Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.