Luke 19:46 — Compare All Translations

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

saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.`

English ASV

saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

English Amplified

Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

English EASY 2024

He said to them, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He said, "The Scriptures say, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer.' But you have changed it into a 'hiding place for thieves.' "

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

saying to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer.’ But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!”

English God's Word - GW 1995

He said to them, "Scripture says, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a gathering place for thieves."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

and He said, "It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!"

English KJV 1611

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

English LSB

saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers’ den.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’ ”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

saying to them, "It is written, 'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,' but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."

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

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.'"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

saying to them, “It is written, ‘ My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He told them, "It is written that the Lord said, 'My house will be a house where people can pray.'--(Isaiah 56:7) But you have made it a 'den for robbers.' "--(Jeremiah 7:11)

English NIV

"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

English NKJ 1982

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”

English NLT

He told them, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a place of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and he said, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He rebuked them, saying, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Father’s house is to be filled with prayer—a house of prayer, not a cave of bandits!’ ”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

saying to them, “The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple is a place of prayer; but you have turned it into a den of thieves.' “

English Tyndale 1537

saying unto them; It is written, my house is the house of prayer: But ye have made it a den of thieves.(murthurers)

Luke 19:46 — Compare Translations