Luke 20:38 — Compare All Translations

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

and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.`

English ASV

Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

English Amplified

Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are alive [whether in the body or out of it] and they are alive [not dead] unto Him [in definite relationship to Him].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are alive [whether in the body or out of it] and they are alive [not dead] unto Him [in definite relationship to Him].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to him.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for all live for him.

English EASY 2024

But God is not the God of people who are dead. He is the God of people who are alive. For God, all people continue to be alive.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. Yes, to God they are all still living."

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

He's not the God of the dead but of the living. In God's sight all people are living."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him."

English KJV 1611

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

English LSB

Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For to Him all live.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him."

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

and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living. In his eyes, everyone is alive."

English NIV

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."

English NKJ 1982

For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.”

English NLT

So he is the God of the living, not the dead. They are all alive to him."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Don’t you agree that God is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living? For in his eyes, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive forevermore. He is the God who raises the dead.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

To say that the Lord is some person's God means that person is alive, not dead! So from God's point of view, all men are living.“

English Tyndale 1537

For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which live.(the living) For all live in him.(live all unto him)

Luke 20:38 — Compare Translations