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Luke 6:26

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Woe [to you] when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Alas! whensoever all men shall, speak well of you, for, according to the same things, were their fathers doing unto the false prophets.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you—for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Woe vnto you when all men shall speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false Prophets.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Woe to you when men speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Woe to you when the sons of men shall speak well of you, for so did to the prophets of falsity their fathers.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Woe to you, when men shall speak your praise; for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Woe 3759
{3759} Prime
οὐαί
ouai
{oo-ah'-ee}
A primary excamation of grief; 'woe'.
unto you, 5213
{5213} Prime
ὑμῖν
humin
{hoo-min'}
Irregular dative case of G5210; to (with or by) you.
when 3752
{3752} Prime
ὅταν
hotan
{hot'-an}
From G3753 and G0302; whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causative (conjugationally) inasmuch as.
all 3956
{3956} Prime
πᾶς
pas
{pas}
Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
men 444
{0444} Prime
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
{anth'-ro-pos}
From G0435 and ὤψ [[ops]] (the countenance; from G3700); manfaced, that is, a human being.
shall speak 2036
{2036} Prime
ἔπω
epo
{ep'-o}
A primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from G2046, G4483 and G5346); to speak or say (by word or writting).
z5632
<5632> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792)
Count - 449
well 2573
{2573} Prime
καλῶς
kalos
{kal-oce'}
Adverb from G2570; well (usually morally).
of you! 5209
{5209} Prime
ὑμᾶς
humas
{hoo-mas'}
Accusative of G5210; you (as the object of a verb or preposition).
for 1063
{1063} Prime
γάρ
gar
{gar}
A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles).
so 5024
{5024} Prime
ταὐτά
tauta
{tow-tah'}
Neuter plural of G3588 and G0846 as adverb; in the same way.
2596
{2596} Prime
κατά
kata
{kat-ah'}
A primary particle; (preposition) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case [genitive, dative or accusative] with which it is joined).
did 4160
{4160} Prime
ποιέω
poieo
{poy-eh'-o}
Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct).
z5707
<5707> Grammar
Tense - Imperfect (See G5775)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 855
their 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
fathers 3962
{3962} Prime
πατήρ
pater
{pat-ayr'}
Apparently a primary word; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).
to the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
false prophets. 5578
{5578} Prime
ψευδοπροφήτης
pseudoprophetes
{psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace}
From G5571 and G4396; a spurious prophet, that is, pretended foreteller or religious impostor.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Luke 6:26

_ _ all ... speak well of you — alluding to the court paid to the false prophets of old (Micah 2:11). For the principle of this woe, and its proper limits, see John 15:19.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Luke 6:20-26.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 6:26

Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you — But who will believe this?

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
when:

Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: ... That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
2 Peter 2:18-19 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. ... While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
1 John 4:5-6 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. ... We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Revelation 13:3-4 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. ... And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

so:

1 Kings 22:6-8 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king. ... And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
1 Kings 22:13-14 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good. ... And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
1 Kings 22:24-28 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? ... And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. ... And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1K 22:6, 13, 24. Is 30:10. Jr 5:31. Mi 2:11. Jn 7:7; 15:19. Ro 16:18. 2Th 2:8. Jm 4:4. 2P 2:1, 18. 1Jn 4:5. Rv 13:3.

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