11 translations · Greek
Luke 11:9
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
Luke 11:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
- KJV King James Version
- And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I tell you: ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Κἀγὼ | Kagō | So I | G2504 κἀγώ and I |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| λέγω | legō | tell | G3004 λέγω to say |
| αἰτεῖτε | aiteite | Ask | G154 αἰτέω to ask |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| δοθήσεται | dothēsetai | it will be given | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | to you | G4771 σύ you |
| ζητεῖτε | zēteite | seek | G2212 ζητέω to seek |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| εὑρήσετε | heurēsete | you will find | G2147 εὑρίσκω to find/meet |
| κρούετε | krouete | knock | G2925 κρούω to knock |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀνοιγήσεται | anoigēsetai | [the door] will be opened | G455 ἀνοίγω to open |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | to you | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
- John 16:23–24
“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
- Matthew 21:22
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
- John 15:16
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 15:7
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
- John 14:13
Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- 1 John 5:14–15
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- 1 John 3:22
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
- Matthew 7:7–11
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? …
- James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
7 and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9 “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
Read all of Luke 11 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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