Luke 16:23 “In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from a…”

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

World English Bible

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

American Standard Version

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Geneva Bible 1599

And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his bosome.

Darby Translation

And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Young's Literal Translation

and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

Bible in Basic English

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

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Cross references

“in hell”

2 Peter 2:4 Matthew 18:9 Matthew 23:33 Psalm 9:17 Isaiah 14:9 Isaiah 14:15

2 Peter 2:4 · BSB

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Matthew 18:9 · BSB

And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Matthew 23:33 · BSB

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Psalm 9:17 · BSB

The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

Isaiah 14:9 · BSB

Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Isaiah 14:15 · BSB

But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

“being”

Luke 16:28 Luke 8:28 Revelation 20:10 Matthew 8:29 Revelation 14:10 Revelation 14:11

Luke 16:28 · BSB

for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

Luke 8:28 · BSB

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

Revelation 20:10 · BSB

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Matthew 8:29 · BSB

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Revelation 14:10 · BSB

he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:11 · BSB

And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

“seeth”

Luke 13:28 Luke 13:29 Matthew 8:11 Matthew 8:12

Luke 13:28 · BSB

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

Luke 13:29 · BSB

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Matthew 8:11 · BSB

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 8:12 · BSB

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Also

Matthew 11:23

Matthew 11:23 · BSB

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

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