Luke 6:39 — Compare All Translations

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

And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

English ASV

And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

English Amplified

He further told them a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a hole in the ground?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

He further told them a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a hole in the ground?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He also told them a parable: “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?

English EASY 2024

Jesus also used a story to teach the people. He said, ‘A blind person cannot lead another blind person. If he does, then both of them will fall into a deep hole.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Jesus told them this story: "Can a blind man lead another blind man? No. Both of them will fall into a ditch.

He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

And Jesus told them this parable: “One blind man cannot lead another one; if he does, both will fall into a ditch.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Jesus also gave them this illustration: "Can one blind person lead another? Won't both fall into the same pit?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He also told them a parable: "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

English KJV 1611

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

English LSB

And He also spoke a parable to them: “Can a blind man guide a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He spoke a parable to them: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And He also spoke a parable to them: "A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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

And he told them a parable, "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Jesus also gave them another example. He asked, "Can a blind person lead another blind person? Won't they both fall into a pit?

English NIV

He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

English NKJ 1982

And He spoke a parable to them: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

English NLT

Then Jesus gave the following illustration: "What good is it for one blind person to lead another? The first one will fall into a ditch and pull the other down also.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He also told them a parable: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Jesus also quoted these proverbs: “What happens when a blind man pretends to guide another blind man? They both stumble into a ditch!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Here are some of the story-illustrations Jesus used in his sermons: “What good is it for one blind man to lead another? He will fall into a ditch and pull the other down with him.

English Tyndale 1537

And he put forth a similitude unto them: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch?

Luke 6:39 — Compare Translations