Luke 11:30
Modern Translations
New International Version
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

New Living Translation
What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God.

English Standard Version
For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Berean Study Bible
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

New American Standard Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

NASB 1995
"For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

NASB 1977
“For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Amplified Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man also be [a sign] to this generation.

Christian Standard Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Contemporary English Version
Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today.

Good News Translation
In the same way that the prophet Jonah was a sign for the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Just as Jonah became a miraculous sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a miraculous sign to the people living today.

International Standard Version
because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

NET Bible
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

New King James Version
For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

King James 2000 Bible
For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

New Heart English Bible
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

World English Bible
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

American King James Version
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

American Standard Version
For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

A Faithful Version
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, in the same way also shall the Son of man be a sign to this generation.

Darby Bible Translation
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

English Revised Version
For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Webster's Bible Translation
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites: so shall also the Sonne of man bee to this generation.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites, so shall also the sonne of man be to this nation.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For like as Ionas was a toke vnto the Niniuytes, so shal the sonne of man be vnto this generacion.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For as Ionas was a signe to the Ninivites so shall ye sonne of ma be to this nacio.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Berean Literal Bible
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, thus also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Young's Literal Translation
for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Smith's Literal Translation
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall be the Son of man to this generation.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, thus the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to this generation.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites thus also The Son of Man shall be to this generation.”

Lamsa Bible
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to this generation.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation.

Godbey New Testament
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be a sign to this generation.

Haweis New Testament
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.

Mace New Testament
for as the case of Jonas was a miraculous instance to the Ninevites, so shall the son of man be to this generation.

Weymouth New Testament
For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.

Worrell New Testament
For, as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Worsley New Testament
for as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
















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