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Luke 20:26
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KJ21
And they could not take hold of His words before the people. And they marveled at His answer and held their peace.
ASV
And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
AMP
They were not able to seize on anything He said in the presence of the people; and being unnerved at His reply, they were silent.
AMPC
So they could not in the presence of the people take hold of anything He said to turn it against Him; but marveling at His reply, they were silent.
BRG
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
CSB
They were not able to catch him in what he said in public, and being amazed at his answer, they became silent.
CSBA
They were not able to catch him in what he said in public, and being amazed at his answer, they became silent.
CEB
They couldn’t trap him in his words in front of the people. Astonished by his answer, they were speechless.
CJB
They were unable to trap him by anything he said publicly; indeed, amazed at his answer, they fell silent.
CEV
Jesus' enemies could not catch him saying anything wrong there in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer and kept quiet.
DARBY
And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
DLNT
And they were not able to take-hold-of a word of His in the presence of the people. And having marveled at His answer, they became silent.
DRA
And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace.
ERV
The men were amazed at his wise answer. They could say nothing. They were not able to trick Jesus there in front of the people. He said nothing they could use against him.
EASY
So the Jewish leaders could not make Jesus say anything wrong. They were very surprised at his answer to their question. They could not say anything more against him. All the people who were there saw this.
EHV
They were not able to trap him in what he said in the presence of the people. They were amazed at his answer and became silent.
ESV
And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.
ESVUK
And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marvelling at his answer they became silent.
EXB
So they were not able to ·trap [catch] Jesus in anything he said in the presence of the people. And being amazed at his answer, they ·became silent [kept quiet].
GNV
And they could not reprove his saying before the people: but they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
GW
They couldn’t make him say anything wrong in front of the people. His answer surprised them, so they said no more.
GNT
There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.
HCSB
They were not able to catch Him in what He said in public, and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
ICB
The men were amazed at his answer. They could say nothing. They were not able to trap Jesus in anything he said before the people.
ISV
So they couldn’t catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.
PHILLIPS
So his reply gave them no sort of handle that they could use against him publicly. And in fact they were so taken aback by his answer that they had nothing more to say.
JUB
And they could not take hold of his words before the people, and they marvelled at his answer and were silent.
KJV
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
AKJV
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
LSB
And they were unable to catch Him in a word in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they became silent.
LEB
And they were not able to catch him in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.
TLB
Thus their attempt to outwit him before the people failed; and marveling at his answer, they were silent.
MSG
Try as they might, they couldn’t trap him into saying anything incriminating. His answer caught them off guard and left them speechless.
MEV
They could not catch Him in His words before the people. And they marveled at His answer and were silent.
MOUNCE
And they were unable to trap him in what he said in the presence of the people, but, marveling at · his answer, they were reduced to silence.
NOG
They couldn’t make him say anything wrong in front of the people. His answer surprised them, so they said no more.
NABRE
They were unable to trap him by something he might say before the people, and so amazed were they at his reply that they fell silent.
NASB
And they were unable to catch Him in a statement in the presence of the people; and they were amazed at His answer, and said nothing.
NASB1995
And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
NCB
They found they could not trap him by anything he said in the presence of the people, and, stunned at his reply, they fell silent.
NCV
So they were not able to trap Jesus in anything he said in the presence of the people. And being amazed at his answer, they became silent.
NET
Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.
NIRV
They were not able to trap him with what he had said there in front of all the people. Amazed by his answer, they became silent.
NIV
They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
NIVUK
They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
NKJV
But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.
NLV
They could find nothing wrong with what He taught. They were surprised and wondered about what He told the people, so they said nothing more.
NLT
So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. Instead, they were amazed by his answer, and they became silent.
NMB
And they could not reprove his saying before the people. But they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
NRSVA
And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said; and being amazed by his answer, they became silent.
NRSVACE
And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said; and being amazed by his answer, they became silent.
NRSVCE
And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said; and being amazed by his answer, they became silent.
NRSVUE
And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said, and being amazed by his answer they became silent.
NTFE
They couldn’t catch him in anything he said in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer, and had nothing more to say.
OJB
And they were not able to catch him in his dvar before the people and, having been mishpoyel (marveled) at his teshuva (answer), they were silent.
RGT
And they could not catch Him in His words before the people. But they marveled at His answer and were silent.
RSV
And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said; but marveling at his answer they were silent.
RSVCE
And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said; but marveling at his answer they were silent.
TLV
And they could not trap Him in His words in the presence of the people. Astonished by His answer, they kept silent.
VOICE
Once again they failed to humiliate Him in public or catch Him in a punishable offense. They were confounded by His reply and couldn’t say anything in response.
WEB
They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
WE
They were not able to catch him in anything he said in front of the people. They were surprised at his answer and they could not say anything.
WYC
And they might not reprove his word before the people; and they wondered in his answer, and held peace.
YLT
and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
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