Luke 8:9 — Compare All Translations

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

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?`

English ASV

And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

English Amplified

And when His disciples asked Him the meaning of this parable,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And when His disciples asked Him the meaning of this parable,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?

English EASY 2024

Jesus' disciples asked him about this story. They asked him what it meant.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Jesus' followers asked him, "What does this story mean?"

And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,

English God's Word - GW 1995

His disciples asked him what this story meant.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

English KJV 1611

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

English LSB

And His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

His disciples asked Him, “What might this parable mean?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

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

Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

His disciples asked him what the story meant.

English NIV

His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

English NKJ 1982

Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

English NLT

His disciples asked him what the story meant.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Later his disciples came to him privately to ask him what deeper meaning they could find in this parable.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

His apostles asked him what the story meant.

English Tyndale 1537

And his disciples asked him, saying: what manner similitude this should be.(is this?)

Luke 8:9 — Compare Translations