Luke 4:11
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Luke 4:11 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, Lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
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World English Bible Public Domain
and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, Lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
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King James Version Public Domain
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and, ‘They will lift you up in their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, Lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
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King James Version Public Domain
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And with their handes they shall lift thee vp, least at any time thou shouldest dash thy foote against a stone.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and: On hands they will bear you up, lest at any time you may dash your foot against a stone.”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
and, 'They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and, ‘They will lift you up in their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.’”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And in their hands they will bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
holding you up to protect you from stumbling over a stone.’”
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
and, ‘In their hands they will lift yoʋ up, so that yoʋ do not strike yoʋr foot against a stone.’ ”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
and with there hondis they shall stey the vp that thou dasshe not thy fote agaynst a stone.
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- Appears 8× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 4:6
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Subjunctive
- Person
- 2nd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ὅτι hóti G3754 “that” Conjunction
- ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
- χειρῶν cheír G5495 “hand” Noun, Genitive, Plural, Feminine
- ἀροῦσίν aírō G142 “to raise up” Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- σε sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Accusative, Singular
- μήποτε mḗpote G3379 “lest” Adverb, Negative
- προσκόψῃς proskóptō G4350 “to stumble against” Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 2nd person, Singular
- πρὸς prós G4314 “to” Preposition
- λίθον líthos G3037 “stone” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- τὸν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- πόδα poús G4228 “foot” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- σου sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 13
- words
- 12
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is προσκόψῃς to stumble against G4350 — appearing just 8 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
προσκόψῃς to stumble against G4350 occurs in 8 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- σε you G4771 ×2
Cross-references
1Topical passages linked to Luke 4:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Psalms 91:12 They will bear you up in their hands, So that you won't dash your foot against a stone.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 13 words (12 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is proskóptō (“to stumble against”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word proskóptō carries the sense “to stumble against.” How does it shape the verse?
- How does Matthew 4:6, which shares the word «to stumble against», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “you” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and International Critical Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
- “you” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 12 distinct Greek lemmas span 13 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Luke 4:11 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.