Luke 11:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

English ASV

And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

English Amplified

But others, testing [Him], were seeking a sign from Him from heaven.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

While others, to try and test and tempt Him, demanded a sign of Him from heaven.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And others tempting [him] sought from him a sign out of heaven.

English EASY 2024

Some other people wanted to test Jesus to see what he would do. So they asked him, ‘Do a miracle for us to see. Then we will know that God has sent you.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Some others there wanted to test Jesus. They asked him to do a miracle as a sign from God.

while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Others wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Others wanted to test Jesus and demanded that he show them some miraculous sign from heaven.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

English KJV 1611

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

English LSB

And others, testing Him, were seeking from Him a sign from heaven.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Others, testing Him, asked Him for a sign from heaven.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Others put Jesus to the test by asking for a miraculous sign from heaven.

English NIV

Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

English NKJ 1982

Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven.

English NLT

Trying to test Jesus, others asked for a miraculous sign from heaven to see if he was from God.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Others were skeptical and tried to persuade Jesus to perform a spectacular display of power to prove that he was the Messiah.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Others asked for something to happen in the sky to prove his claim of being the Messiah.

English Tyndale 1537

And other tempted him seeking of him a sign(token) from heaven.

Luke 11:16 — Compare Translations