Luke 9:62 — Compare All Translations

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

and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.`

English ASV

But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

English Amplified

Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on [the] plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.

English EASY 2024

Jesus replied, ‘A man that ploughs a field must continue to look straight in front of him. If he looks behind him, he cannot plough well. People that look back behind them cannot work well for the kingdom of God.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Jesus said, "Anyone who begins to plow a field but looks back is not prepared for God's kingdom."

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Jesus said to him, "Whoever starts to plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

English KJV 1611

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

English LSB

But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back at things is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

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

(To him) Jesus said, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Jesus replied, "Suppose you start to plow and then look back. If you do, you are not fit for service in God's kingdom."

English NIV

Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."

English NKJ 1982

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English NLT

But Jesus told him, "Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Jesus responded, “Why do you keep looking back to your past and have second thoughts about following me? If you turn back you are not fit for God’s kingdom.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But Jesus told him, “Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God.“

English Tyndale 1537

Jesus said unto him: No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is apt to(mete for) the kingdom of God.

Luke 9:62 — Compare Translations