Luke 9:54 — Compare Translations

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

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou [that] we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?`

English ASV

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?

English Amplified

And when His disciples James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did? [II Kings 1:9-16.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And when His disciples James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did? [II Kings 1:9-16.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And his disciples James and John seeing [it] said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak [that] fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

English EASY 2024

Then James and John heard about what had happened. They asked Jesus, ‘Master, do you want us to ask God to send fire down from the sky? Do you want us to kill these people?’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

James and John, the followers of Jesus, saw this. They said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and destroy those people?"

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”

English God's Word - GW 1995

James and John, his disciples, saw this. They asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"

English KJV 1611

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

English LSB

And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

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

When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The disciples James and John saw this. They asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them?"

English NIV

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

English NKJ 1982

And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?”

English NLT

When James and John heard about it, they said to Jesus, "Lord, should we order down fire from heaven to burn them up?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When the disciples Jacob and John realized what was happening, they returned to Jesus and said, “Lord, if you wanted to, you could command fire to fall down from heaven, just as Elijah did and destroy all these wicked people.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

When word came back of what had happened, James and John said to Jesus, “Master, shall we order fire down from heaven to burn them up?“

English Tyndale 1537

When his disciples, James, and John, saw that, they said: Lord, wilt thou that we command, that fire come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Helias did?